THE  WORLD  WAR 
VETERANS’  ACT:  1924 


WITH  AMENDMENTS  PRIOR  TO 

JULY  3,  1926 


An  act  to  consolidate,  codify,  revise,  and  reenact  the 
laws  affecting  the  establishment  of  the  United  States 
Veterans’  Bureau  and  the  administration  of  the  War 
Risk  Insurance  Act,  as  amended,  and  the  Vocational 
Rehabilitation  Act,  as  amended 


ISSUED  BY 


UNITED  STATES  VETERANS’  BUREAU 
WASHINGTON,  D.  G. 


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THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS’  ACT,  1924 

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Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States  of  A'ineHca  in  Congress  assembled. 

Title  I. — General. 

Section  1.  This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  “  World  War  Veterans’ 
Act,  1924.” 

Sec.  2.  When  used  in  this  Act — 

The  term  “  bureau  ”  means  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau. 

The  term  “  director  ”  means  the  Director  of  the  United  States 
Veterans’  Bureau. 

Sec.  3.  In  Titles  II,  III,  and  IV  of  this  Act  unless  the  context 
otherwise  requires — 

(1)  The  term  “  child  ”  includes — 

(a)  A  legitimate  child. 

(b)  A  child  legally  adopted. 

(c)  A  stepchild,  if  a  member  of  the  man’s  household. 

(d)  An  illegitimate  child,  but,  as  to  the  father  only,  if  acknowl¬ 
edged  in  writing  signed  by  him,  or  if  he  has  been  judicially  ordered 
or  decreed  to  contribute  to  such  child’s  support,  or  has  been  judicially 
decreed  to  be  the  putative  father  of  such  child. 

(2)  The  term  “  grandchild  ”  means  a  child  as  above  defined  of  a 
child  as  above  defined. 

(3)  Except  as  used  in  section  300  the  terms  “child”  and  “grand¬ 
child”  are  limited  to  unmarried  persons  either  (a)  under  eighteen 
years  of  age,  or  (b)  of  any  age,  if  permanently  incapable  of  self- 
support  by  reason  of  mental  or  physical  defect. 

(4)  The  term  “  parent  ”  includes  a  father,  mother,  grandfather, 
grandmother,  father  through  adoption,  mother  through  adoption, 
stepfather,  and  stepmother,  either  of  the  persons  in  the  service  or  of 
the  spouse. 

(5)  The  terms  “father”  and  “mother”  include  stepfathers  and 
stepmothers,  fathers  and  mothers  through  adoption,  and  persons 
who  have  stood  in  loco  parentis  to  a  member  of  the  military  or 
naval  forces  at  any  time  prior  to  his  enlistment  or  induction  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  one  year. 

(6)  The  terms  “brother”  and  “sister”  include  brothers  and  sis¬ 
ters  of  the  half  blood  as  well  as  those  of  the  whole  blood,  step¬ 
brothers  and  stepsisters,  and  brothers  and  sisters  through  adoption. 

(7)  The  terms  “brother”  and  “sister”  include  the  children  of  a 
person  wlio,  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  one  year,  stood  in  loco 
parentis  to  a  member  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States  at  any  time  prior  to  his  enlistment  or  induction,  or  another 
member  of  the  same  household  as  to  whom  such  person  during  such 
period  likewise  stood  in  loco  parentis. 

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(8)  The  term  “commissioned  officer”  includes  a  warrant  officer, 
but  includes  only  an  officer  in  active  service  in  the  military  or  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States. 

(9)  The  terms  “man”  and  “enlisted  man”  mean  a  person, 
whether  male  or  female  and  Avhether  enlisted,  enrolled,  or  drafted 
into  active  service  in  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States,  and  include  noncommissioned  and  petty  officers  and  members 
of  training  camps  authorized  by  law. 

(10)  The  term  “  enlistment  ”  includes  voluntary  enlistment,  draft, 
and  enrollment  in  actiA^e  service  in  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States. 

(11)  The  term  “  injury  ”  includes  disease. 

(12)  The  term  “  pa}^  ”  means  the  pay  for  service  in  the  United 
States  according  to  grade  and  length  of  service,  excluding  all  allow¬ 
ances. 

(13)  The  term  “military  or  naA^al  forces”  means  the  Army,  the 
NaA^y,  the  Marine  Corps,  the  Coast  Guard,  the  Naval  lieserA^es,  the 
National  NaA^al  Volunteers,  and  any  other  branch  of  the  United 
States  serAuce  Avhile  serving  pursuant  to  laAv  Avith  the  Army  or  the 
NaAy. 

(14)  The  terms  “Vforld  War,”  “during  the  period  of  the  war,” 
and  “  during  the  World  War  ”  mean  the  period  beginning  April  6, 
1917,  and  ending  July  2,  1921. 

(15)  The  terms  “date  of  termination  of  the  war”  and  “termi¬ 
nation  of  the  war  ”  mean  July  2,  1921. 

Sec.  4.  There  is  established  an  independent  bureau  under  the 
President  to  be  known  as  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau,  the 
director  of  which  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  The  Director  of  the  United 
States  Veterans’  Bureau  shall  receiA'e  a  salary  of  $12,000  per  annum, 
payable  monthly. 

There  shall  be  included  on  the  technical  and  administratiA^e  staff 
of  the  director  such  staff  officers,  experts,  inspectors,  and  assistants 
as  the  director  shall  prescribe ;  and  there  shall  be  in  the  United  States 
Veterans’  Bureau  such  sections  and  subdiAusions  thereof  as  the  di¬ 
rector  shall  prescribe.  With  such  exceptions  as  the  President  may 
deem  advisable,  all  employees  shall  be  subject  to  the  civil-service  law 
and  regulations  made  thereunder. 

Sec.  5.  The  director,  subject  to  the  general  direction  of  the 
President,  shall  administer,  execute,  and  enforce  the  provisions  of 
this  Act,  and  for  that  purpose  shall  haA^e  full  power  and  authority  to 
make  rules  and  regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  the  proAusions  of 
this  Act,  which  are  necessary  or  appropriate  to  carry  out  its  pur¬ 
poses,  and  shall  decide  all  questions  arising  under  this  Act  and  all 
decisions  of  questions  of  fact  affecting  any  claimant  to  the  benelits 
of  Titles  II,  III,  or  IV  of  this  Act,  shall  be  conclusiA^e  except  as 
otherAvise  proAuded  herein.  All  officers  and  employees  of  the  bureau 
shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  them  by  the  director. 
All  official  acts  performed  by  such  officers  or  employees  specially 
designated  therefor  by  the  director  shall  have  the  same  force  and 
effect  as  though  performed  by  the  director  in  person.  IVhereA^er 
under  any  provision  or  provisions  of  the  Act  regulations  are  directed 
or  authorized  to  be  made,  such  regulations,  unless  the  context  other¬ 
Avise  requires,  shall  or  may  be  made  by  the  director.  The  director 


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shall  adopt  reasonable  and  proper  rules  to  govern  the  procedure  of 
the  divisions  and  to  regulate  and  provide  for  the  nature  and  extent 
of  the  proofs  and  evidence  and  the  method  of  taking  and  furnish¬ 
ing  the  same  in  order  to  establish  the  right  to  benefits  of  compensa¬ 
tion,  insurance,  vocational  training  or  maintenance  and  support  al¬ 
lowance  provided  for  in  this  Act,  the  forms  of  application  of  those 
claiming  to  be  entitled  to  such  benefits,  the  methods  of  making  in¬ 
vestigations  and  medical  examinations,  and  the  manner  and  form  of 
adjudications  and  awards. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  bureau  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  its 
duty,  to  provide  for  the  placement  of  rehabilitated  persons  in  suita¬ 
ble  or  gainful  occupations.  The  director  is  authorized  and  directed 
to  utilize,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  Labor,  the  facilities 
of  the  Department  of  Labor,  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable,  in  the 
placement  of  rehabilitated  persons  in  suitable  or  gainful  occupations. 

Sec.  7.  The  director  shall  establish  a  central  office  in  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  such  regional  offices  and  suboffices,  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  in  number,  within  the  territory  of  the  United  States  and 
its  outlying  possessions  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  him  and  in 
the  best  interests  of  the  work  committed  to  the  Veterans’  Bureau 
and  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  Act.  Such  regional  offices  and 
suboffices,  may,  subject  to  final  action  by  the  director  in  case  of  an 
appeal,  and  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  director,  exercise  such  powers  for  hearing  complaints  and  for 
examining,  rating,  and  awarding  compensation  claims,  granting 
medical,  surgical,  dental,  and  hospital  care,  convalescent  care,  and 
necessary  and  reasonable  after  care,  granting  vocational  training 
and  all  other  matters  delegated  to  them,  or  some  of  them,  by  the 
director  as  could  be  performed  lawfully  under  this  Act  by  the  cen¬ 
tral  office. 

The  director  may  abolish  any  regional  offices  or  suboffices  when 
in  his  judgment  this  may  be  done  without  detriment  to  the  adminis¬ 
tration  of  this  Act,  and  upon  such  termination  all  records  and 
supplies  pertaining  thereto  shall  be  delivered  to  the  central  office, 
or  as  the  director  shall  otherwise  prescribe. 

Sec.  8.  That  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act  the  director,  and  such 
persons  as  the  director  may  designate,  shall  have  the  power  to  issue 
subpoenas  for  and  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses  within  a  radius 
of  one  hundred  miles  from  the  place  of  hearing,  to  require  the  pro¬ 
duction  of  books,  papers,  documents,  and  other  evidence,  to  admin¬ 
ister  oaths,  and  to  examine  witnesses  'upon  any  matter  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  bureau.  In  case  of  disobedience  to  a  subpoena 
the  bureau  may  invoke  the  aid  of  any  district  court  of  the  United 
States  in  requiring  the  attendance  and  testimony  of  witnesses  and 
the  production  of  documentary  evidence,  and  such  court,  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  which  the  inquiry  is  carried  on,  may,  in  case  of  con¬ 
tumacy  or  refusal  to  obey  a  subpoena  issued  to  any  officer,  agent,  or- 
employee  of  any  corporation  or  other  person,  issue  an  order  requir¬ 
ing  such  corporation  or  other  person  to  appear  before  the  bureau 
or  to  give  evidence  touching  tlie  matter  in  question;  and  any  failure 
to  obey  such  order  of  the  court  may  be  punished  by  such  court  as  a 
contempt  thereof.  Any  person  so  required  to  attend  as  a  witness 
shall  be  allowed  and  paid  the  same  fees  and  mileage  as  are  paid 
witnesses  in  the  district  courts  of  the  United  States. 


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For  the  purpose  of  this  Act,  the  director  is  authorized  to  detail 
from  time  to  time  clerks  or  persons  employed  in  the  bureau  to  make 
examinations  into  the  merits  of  compensation  and  insurance  claims, 
whether  pending  or  adjudicated,  as  he  may  deem  proper,  and  to  aid 
in  the  preparation,  presentation,  or  examination  of  such  claims; 
and  any  such  person  so  detailed  shall  have  power  to  administer 
oaths,  take  affidavits,  and  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  papers 
and  documents  pertaining  to  the  administration  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  9.  In  addition  to  the  services  of  the  legal  assistants  employed 
by  the  bureau,  the  Director  ma}’  require  the  opinion  of  the  Attorney 
General  on  any  questions  of  law  arising  in  the  administration  of  the 
bureau. 

Sec.  10.  The  director,  subject  to  the  general  directions  of  the 
President,  shall  be  responsible  for  the  proper  examination,  medi¬ 
cal  care,  treatment,  hospitalization,  dispensary,  and  convalescent 
care  necessary  and  reasonable  aftercare,  welfare  of,  nursing,  voca¬ 
tional  training,  and  such  other  services  as  may  be  necessary  in  the 
carrying  out  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and  for  that  purpose  is 
hereby  authorized,  at  the  direction  of  the  President  or  with  the 
api^roval  of  the  head  of  the  department  concerned,  to  utilize  the 
now  existing  or  future  facilities  of  the  United  States  Public  Health 
Service,  the  War  Department,  the  Navy  Department,  the  Interior 
Department,  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers., 
and  such  other  governmental  facilities  as  may  be  made  available 
for  the  purposes  set  forth  in  this  Act;  and  such  governmental 
agencies  are  hereby  authorized  to  furnish  €uch  facilities,  including 
personnel,  equipment,  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services  and 
supplies  as  the  director  may  deem  necessary  and  advisable  in  carrying 
out  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  in  addition  to  such  governmental 
facilities  as  are  hereby  made  available. 

When,  in  the  opinion  of  the  director,  the  facilities  and  services 
utilized  for  the  hospitalization,  medical  care,  and  treatment  for 
beneficiaries  under  this  Act  are  unsatisfactory,  the  director  shall 
make  arrangements  for  the  further  hospitalization,  care,  and  treat¬ 
ment  of  such  beneficiaries  by  other  means:  Provided^  That  the 
director  is  hereby  authorized  to  hospitalize  women  veterans  entitled 
to  hospitalization  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  amendments 
thereto,  in  other  than  Government  hospitals. 

In  the  event  that  there  are  not  sufficient  and  satisfactory  Govern¬ 
ment  hospital  and  out-patient  dispensary  facilities  for  the  proper 
medical  care  and  treatment  of  beneficiaries  under  this  Act,  and  the 
director  deems  it  necessary  and  advisable  to  improve  existing 
facilities  or  to  secure  additional  Government  facilities,  he  may, 
within  the  limits  of  appropriations  made  for  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph,  alter,  improve,  or  extend  existing 
governmental  facilities,  or  acquire  additional  facilities  by  purchase 
*  or  otherwise :  Provided^  however^  That  no  alteration,  improvement, 
or  extension  which  will  materially  increase  the  bed  capacity  for 
patients  of  any  hospital  or  institution  shall  be  made,  nor  shall  any 
new  facilities  be  acquired  without  the  approval  of  the  President. 
Such  new  property  and  structures  as  may  be  improved,  extended,  or 
acquired  shall  become  part  of  the  permanent  equipment  of  the 
United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  or  of  some  one  of  the  now  existing 
agencies  of  the  Government,  including  the  War  Department,  Navy 


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Department,  Interior  Department,  Treasury  Department,  the 
National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers,  in  such  way  as  will 
best  serve  the  present  emergency,  taking  into  consideration  the  future 
services  to  be  rendered  the  veterans  of  the  World  War,  including  the 
beneficiaries  under  this  Act. 

In  the  event  Government  hospital  facilities  are  insufficient  or 
inadequate  the  director  may  contract  with  State,  municipal,  or,  in 
exceptional  cases,  with  private  hospitals  for  such  medical,  surgical, 
and  hospital  services  and  supplies  as  may  be  required,  and  such 
contracts  may  be  m^ade  for  a  period  of  not  exceeding  three  years  and 
may  be  for  the  use  of  a  ward  or  other  hospital  unit  or  on  such  other 
basis  as  may  be  in  the  best  interest  of  the  beneficiaries  under  this 
Act. 

There  are  hereby  permanently  transferred  to  the  Veterans’ Bureau 
all  hospitals  now  or  formerly  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Public 
Health  Service  or  of  the  Treasury  Department,  the  operation,  man¬ 
agement,  or  control  of  which  have  heretofore  been  transferred  by 
the  President  to  said  bureau  pursuant  to  the  authority  contained  in 
section  9  of  the  Act  entitled  ‘‘An  Act  to  establish  a  Veterans’  Bureau 
and  to  improve  the  facilities  and  service  of  such  bureau  and  further 
to  amend  and  modify  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act,”  approved 
August  9,  1921. 

Sec.  11.  The  director  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  in  order  to  promote 
good  conduct  on  the  part  of  persons  who  are  receiving  care  or  treat- 
m.ent  in  hospitals,  homes,  or  institutions  as  patients  or  beneficiaries 
of  said  bureau  during  their  stay  in  such  hospitals,  homes,  institu¬ 
tions,  or  training  centers.  Penalties  for  the  breach  of  such  rules  and 
regulations  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  director,  extend  to  a  for¬ 
feiture  by  the  offender  of  such  portion  of  the  compensation  payable 
to  him,  not  exceeding  three-fourths  of  the  monthly  installment  per 
month  for  three  months,  for  a  breach  committed  while  receiving 
treatment  in  such  hospital,  home,  institution,  or  training  center  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  such  rules  and  regulations. 

Sec.  12.  That  the  bureau  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  receive,  for  purposes  of  benefits  provided  by  Title  IV  hereof, 
such  gifts  and  donations  from  either  public  or  private  sources  as 
may  be  offered  unconditionally.  All  moneys  so  received  as  gifts 
or  donations  shall  be  paid  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States, 
and  shall  constitute  a  permanent  fund,  to  be  called  the  “Special 
fund  for  vocational  reiiabilitation,”  to  be  used  under  the  direction 
of  the  said  bureau  in  connection  with  the  appropriations  hereby  made 
or  hereafter  to  be  made,  to  defray  the  expenses  of  providing  and 
maintaining  courses  of  vocational  rehabilitation ;  and  a  full  report  of 
all  gifts  and  donations  offered  and  accepted  and  all  disbursements 
therefrom  shall  be  submitted  annually  to  Congress  by  the  director. 

Sec.  13.  All  sums  heretofore  appropriated  for  use  by  the  Federal 
Board  for  Vocational  Education  as  a  revolving  fund,  not  exceeding 
$500,000,  may  be  used  by  the  bureau  as  a  revolving  fund  for  the 
purpose  of  making  advancement  to  persons  commencing  or  undergo¬ 
ing  training  under  Title  IV  hereof,  such  advancements  to  bear  no 
interest  and  to  be  reimbursed  in  such  installments  as  may  be  deter¬ 
mined  by  the  director  by  proper  deductions  from  the  monthly  main¬ 
tenance  and  support  allowances  allowed  by  this  Act. 


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Sec.  14.  That  the  director  of  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau 
shall  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  of  each  year  file  with  the 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  and  the  President  of  the 
Senate  a  full  and  complete  report  of  all  activities  of  the  United 
States  Veterans’  Bureau,  shovving  in  detail  the  number  of  claimants 
and  the  amount  of  compensation  paid,  tlie  number  of  veterans  of  the 
various  wars  and  expeditions  receiving  hospitalization  and  medical 
treatment,  the  number  of  dependents  drawing  compensation  and  the 
amount  of  such  compensation,  the  number  of  persons  holding  and 
paying  for  Government  life  insurance,  and  a  full  and  itemized 
statement  of  all  moneys  received  and  disbursed  by  the  director, 
or  any  of  his  agents,  for  the  preceding  year. 

Sec.  15.  All  sums  heretofore  appropriated  for  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  the  VvAr  Risk  Insurance  Act  and  amendments  thereto 
and  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  Act  entitled  ‘‘An  Act  to  pro¬ 
vide  for  vocational  rehabilitation  and  return  to  civil  employment  of 
disabled  persons  discharged  from  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,”  approved  June  27,  1918, 
and  amendments  thereto,  and  all  sums  heretofore  appropriated  foi 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  the  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  establish 
a  Veterans’  Bureau  and  to  improve  the  facilities  and  service  of  such 
bureau,  and  further  to  amend  and  modifv  the  War  Risk  Insurance 
Act,”  approved  August  9,  1921.  and  amendments  thereto  shall, 
where  unexpended,  be  made  available  for  the  bureau  and  may  be 
expended  in  such  manner  as  the  director  deems  necessary  in  carrying 
out  the  purposes  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  16.  All  sums  heretofore  appropriated  for  the  military  and 
naval  insurance  appropriation  and  all  premfiums  collected  for  the 
yearl}^  renewable  term  insurance  provided  by  the  provisions  of  Title 
III  deposited  and  covered  into  the  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  this 
appropriation,  shall,  where  unexpended,  be  made  available  for  the 
bureau.  All  premiums  that  may  hereafter  be  collected  for  the 
yearly  renewable  term  insurance  provided  by  the  provisions  of  Title 
III  hereof  shall  be  deposited  and  covered  into  the  Treasury  for  the 
credit  of  this  appropriation.  Such  sum  including  all  premium  pa\- 
ments  is  made  available  for  the  payment  of  the  liabilities  of  the 
United  States  incurred  under  contracts  of  yearly  renewable  term 
insurance  made  under  the  provisions  of  Title  III,  including  such 
liabilities  as  shall  have  been  or  shall  hereafter  be  reduced  to  judg¬ 
ment  in  a  district  court  of  the  United  States  or  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  District  of  Columbia.  Pajunents  from  this  appropriation 
shall  be  made  upon  and  in  accordance  with  the  awards  by  the 
director. 

Sec.  17.  That  all  premiums  paid  on  account  of  insurance  converted 
under  the  provisions  of  Title  III  hereof  shall  be  deposited  and  cov¬ 
ered  into  the  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  United  States  Government 
life  insurance  fund  and  shall  be  available  for  the  payment  of  losses, 
dividends,  refunds,  and  other  benefits  provided  for  under  such  in¬ 
surance,  including  such  liabilities  as  shall  have  been  or  shall  here¬ 
after  be  reduced  to  judgment  in  a  district  court  of  the  United  States 
or  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  Pa5nnents 
from  this  fund  shall  be  made  upon  and  in  accordance  with  awards 
by  the  director. 


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The  bureau  is  authorized  to  set  aside  out  of  the  fund  so  collected 
such  reserve  funds  as  may  be  required,  under  accepted  actuarial 
principles,  to  meet  all  liabilities  under  such  insurance;  and  the  Sec¬ 
retary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  invest  and  reinvest 
the  said  United  States  Government  life  insurance  fund,  or  any  part 
thereof,  in  interest-bearing  obligations  of  the  United  States  or  bonds 
of  the  Federal  farm-loan  banks  and  to  sell  said  obligations  of  the 
United  States  or  the  bonds  of  the  Federal  farm-loan  banks  for  the 
purposes  of  such  fund. 

Sec,  18,  That  the  Comptroller  General  of  the  United  States  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  allow  credit  in  the  accounts  of  the 
disbursing  clerk  of  the  bureau  for  all  payments  of  insurance  install¬ 
ments  hereafter  made,  without  verification  of  the  deduction  on  the 
pay  rolls,  of  such  premiums  as  maj^  have  accrued  prior  to  January  1, 
1921,  while  the  insured  was  in  the  service. 

Sec.  19.  In  the  event  of  disagreement  as  to  claim  under  a  contract 
of  insurance  between  the  Bureau  and  any  person  or  persons  claiming 
thereunder  an  action  on  the  claim  may  be  brought  against  the  United 
States  either  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia  or 
in  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  in  and  for  the  district  in 
which  such  persons  or  any  one  of  them  resides,  and  jurisdiction  is 
hereby  conferred  upon  such  courts  to  hear  and  determine  all  such 
controversies.  The  procedure  in  such  suits  shall  be  the  same  as  that 
provided  in  sections  5  and  6  of  the  Act  entitled  “  An  Act  to  provide 
for  the  bringing  of  suits  against  the  Government  of  the  United 
States,”  approved  March  3,  1887,  and  section  10  thereof  insofar 
as  applicable.  All  persons  having  or  claiming  to  have  an  interest 
in  such  insurance  may  be  made  parties  to  such  siiit,  and  such  as 
are  not  inhabitants  of  or  found  within  the  district  An  which  suit 
is  brought  may  be  brought  in  by  order  of  the  court  to  be  served 
personally  or  by  publication  or  in  such  other  reasonable  manner  as 
the  court  may  direct.  In  all  cases  where  the  bureau  acknowledges 
the  indebtedness  of  the  United  States  upon  any  such  contract  of 
insurance  and  there  is  a  dispute  as  to  the  person  or  persons  entitled 
to  payment,  a  suit  in  the  nature  of  a  bill  of  interpleader  may  be 
brought  by  the  bureau  in  the  name  of  the  United  States  against  ail 
persons  having  or  claiming  to  have  any  interest  in  such  insurance  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia  or  in  the  district 
court  in  and  for  the  district  in  which  any  of  such  claimants  reside : 
Provided^  That  not  less  than  thirty  days  prior  to  instituting  such 
suit  the  bureau  shall  mail  a  notice  of  such  intention  to  each  of  the 
persons  to  be  made  parties  to  the  suit.  The  circuit  courts  of  appeal 
and  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  respec¬ 
tively  exercise  ap])ellate  jurisdiction  and,  except  as  provided  in 
sections  239  and  240  of  the  Judicial  Code,  the  decrees  of  the  circuit 
courts  of  appeal  and  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the  District  of  Colum¬ 
bia  shall  be  final.  This  section  shall  apply  to  all  suits  now  pending 
against  the  United  States  under  the  provisions  of  the  War  Rusk 
Insurance  Act  as  amended,  or  of  the  World  War  Veterans’  Act, 
1924,  and  amendments  thereto. 

Sec.  20.  That  for  the  purj)ose  of  this  Act  the  marriage  of  the 
claimant  to  the  person  on  account  of  whom  the  claim  is  made  shall 
be  shown  by  such  testimony  as  the  director  may  prescribe  by  regula¬ 
tions. 


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Sec.  21.  (1)  That  where  any  payment  under  this  Act  is  to  be 
made  to  a  minor,  other  than  a  person  in  the  military  or  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States,  or  to  a  person  mentally  incompetent,  or  under 
other  legal  disability  adjudged  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
such  payment  may  be  made  to  the  person  who  is  constituted  guardian, 
curator,  or  conservator  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  residence  of 
claimant,  or  is  otherwise  legally  vested  wdth  the  care  of  the  claimant 
or  his  estate:  Provided.,  That  as  to  cases  arising  in  the  District  of 
Columbia  where  in  the  opinion  of  the  director  any  guardian,  curator, 
conservator,  or  other  person  is  acting  as  fiduciary  in  such  a  number 
of  cases  as  to  make  it  impracticable  to  conserve  properly  the  estates 
or  to  supervise  the  persons  of  the  wards,  the  director  is  hereby 
authorized  to  refuse  to  make  future  payments  in  such  number  of 
cases  as  he  may  deem  proper :  Promded  further.,  That  prior  to 
receipt  of  notice  by  the  bureau  that  any  such  person  is  under  such 
other  legal  disability  adjudged  by  some  court  of  competent  juris¬ 
diction,  payment  may  be  made  to  such  person  direct:  Promded 
further.,  That  for  the  purpose  of  payments  of  benefits  under  Title 
II  hereof,  where  no  guardian,  curator,  or  conservator  of  the  person 
under  a  legal  disability  has  been  appointed  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  residence  of  the  claimant,  the  director  shall  d.etermine  the 
person  who  is  otherwise  legally  vested  with  the  care  of  the  claimant 
or  his  estate. 

(2)  Whenever  it  appears  that  any  guardian,  curator,  conservator, 
or  other  person  is  not  in  the  opinion  of  the  director  properly 
executing  the  duties  of  his  trust  or  has  colleeted  or  is  attempting  to 
collect  fees,  commissions,  or  allowances  that  are  inequitable  or  are 
in  excess  of  those  allowed  by  law  for  the  duties  performed  or 
expenses  incurred,  or  has  failed  to  make  such  payments  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  benefit  of  the  ward  or  the  dependents  of  the  ward, 
then  and  in  that  event  the  director  is  hereby  empowered  by  his 
duly  authorized  attorney  to  appear  in  the  court  which  has  ai>pointed 
such  fiduciary  and  make  proper  presentation  of  such  matters  to  the 
court :  Provided.,  That  the  director  in  his  discretion  may  suspend 
payments  to  any  such  guardian,  curator,  conservator,  or  other  person 
who  shall  neglect  or  refuse,  after  reasonable  notice,  to  render  an 
account  to  the  director  from  time  to  time  shownng  the  application 
of  such  payments  for  the  benefit  of  such  minor  or  incompetent 
beneficiary. 

Authority  is  hereby  granted  for  the  payment  of  any  court  or  other 
expenses  incident  to  any  investigation  or  court  proceeding  for  the 
ai^pointment  or  removal  of  any  guardian,  curator,  conservator,  or 
other  person  legally  vested  with  the  care  of  the  claimant  or  his 
estate,  or  in  connection  with  the  administration  of  such  estates  by 
such  fiduciaries,  when  such  payment  is  authorized  by  the  director. 

Sec.  22.  That  the  compensation,  insurance,  and  maintenance  and 
support  allowance  payable  under  Titles  II,  III,  and  IV,  respec¬ 
tively,  shall  not  be  assignable;  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  claims  of 
creditors  of  any  person  to  whom  an  award  is  made  under  Titles  II, 
III,  or  IV ;  and  shall  be  exempt  from  all  taxation :  Provided.,  That 
such  compensation,  insurance,  and  maintenance  and  support  allow¬ 
ance  shall  be  subject  to  any  claims  which  the  United  States  may 
have,  under  Titles  II,  III^  IV,  and  V,  against  the  person  on  whose 


THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS  ’  ACT,  1924  9 

account  the  compensation,  insurance,  or  maintenance  and  support 
allowance  is  payable. 

That  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  pro¬ 
hibit  the  assignment  by  any  person  to  whom  converted  insurance 
shall  be  payable  under  Title  III  of  such  Act  of  his  interest  in  such 
insurance  to  any  other  member  of  the  permitted  class  of  beneficiaries. 

Sec.  23.  The  discharge  or  dismissal  of  any  person  from  the 
military  or  naval  forces  on  the  ground  that  he  was  guilty  of  mutiny, 
treason,  spying,  or  any  offense  involving  moral  turpitude,  or  willful 
and  persistent  misconduct,  of  which  he  was  found  guilty  by  a  court- 
martial,  or  that  he  was  an  alien,  conscientious  objector  who  refused 
to  perform  military  duty  or  refused  to  wear  the  uniform,  or  a 
deserter,  shall  bar  all  rights  to  any  compensation  under  Title  II, 
or  any  training,  or  any  maintenance  and  support  allowance  under 
Title  IV :  Provided^  That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  an  alien 
who  volunteered  or  who  was  drafted  into  or  who  served  in  the  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States  during  the  IVorld  War, 
who  was  discharged  subsequent  to  November  11,  1918,  or  who  was  not 
discharged  from  the  service  on  or  prior  to  November  11,  1918,  on 
his  own  application  or  solicitation  by  reason  of  his  being  an  alien, 
and  whose  service  was  honest  and  faithful :  Provided  f  urther^  That 
in  case  any  person  has  been  discharged  or  dismissed  from  the  military 
or  naval  forces  as  a  result  of  a  court-martial  trial,  and  it  is  thereafter 
established  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  director  that  at  the  time  of  the 
commission  of  the  offense  resulting  in  such  court-martial  trial  and 
discharge  such  person  was  insane,  such  person  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  compensation  and  vocational  training  benefits  under  Titles  II 
and  IV  hereof :  Provided,  further^  That  discharge  or  dismissal  or 
finding  of  guilt  for  any  of  the  offenses  specified  in  this  section  shall 
not  affect  the  payment  of  compensation  or  maintenance  and  support 
allowance  for  disabilities  incurred  in  or  aggravated  by  service  in 
any  prior  or  subsequent  enlistment :  Provided  further^  That  no 
compensation  or  insurance  shall  be  payable  for  death  inflicted  as  a 
lawful  punishment  for  crime  or  military  offense,  except  when 
inflicted  by  the  enemy :  Provided^  That  as  to  converted  insurance 
the  cash  surrender  value  hereof,  if  any,  on  the  date  of  such  death 
shall  be  paid  to  the  designated  beneficiary  if  living,  or  if  there  be 
no  designated  beneficiary  alive  at  the  death  of  the  insured  the  said 
value  shall  be  paid  to  the  estate  of  the  insured :  Provided  further^ 
That  the  discharge  of  a  person  for  having  concealed  the  fact  that 
he  was  a  minor  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment  shall  not  bar  him  from 
the  benefits  of  this  Act  if  his  service  was  otherwise  honorable: 
Provided  further^  That  this  section,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  effect 
as  of  April  (),  1917,  and  the  director  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  make  provision  by  bureau  regulation  for  payment  of  any  insurance 
clahn  or  adjustment  in  insurance  premium  account  of  any  insurance 
contract  which  would  not  now  be  affected  by  this  section  as  amended. 

Sec.  24.  That  if  after  induction  by  the  local  draft  board,  or  after 
being  called  into  Federal  seiwice  as  a  member  of  the  National  Guard, 
but  before  being  accepted  and  enrolled  for  active  service,  the  person 
died  or  became  disabled  as  a  result  of  disease  contracted  or  injuiy 
suffered  in  the  line  of  duty  and  not  due  to  his  own  willful  mis¬ 
conduct  involving  moral  turpitude,  or  as  a  result  of  the  aggrava¬ 
tion,  in  the  line  of  duty  and  not  because  of  his  own  willful 


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misconduct  involving  moral  turpitude,  of  an  existing  disease  or 
injur}^,  he  or  those  entitled  thereto  shall  receive  the  benefits  of 
compensation  i^ayable  under  Title  II;  and  any  insurance  applica¬ 
tion  made  by  such  person  after  induction  by  the  local  draft  board 
but  before  being  accepted  and  enrolled  for  active  service  shall  be 
deemed  valid. 

Sec.  25.  Any  person  who  between  the  6th  day  of  April,  1917, 
and  the  11th  day  of  November,  1918,  applied  for  enlistment  or 
enrollment  in  the  military  or  naval  forces,  and  who  was  accepted 
provisionally  and  directed  or  ordered  to  a  camp,  post,  station,  or 
other  place  for  final  acceptance  into  such  service,  shall  be  deemed 
to  have  the  same  status  as  an  inducted  man  not  yet  accepted  and 
enrolled  for  active  service  during  the  period  while  such  person  was 
complying  with  such  order  or  direction,  and  during  such  compliance, 
and  until  his  final  acceptance  or  rejection  for  enlistment  or  enroll¬ 
ment  into  the  military  or  naval  forces,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
benefits  under  Titles  II  and  III  hereof  as  an  inducted  man  not  yet 
accepted  and  enrolled  for  active  service. 

Sec.  26.  That  the  amount  of  the  monthly  installments  of  com¬ 
pensation,  yearly  renewable  term  insurance,  or  accrued  maintenance 
and  support  allowance  which  has  become  payable  under  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  Titles  II,  III,  or  lY  hereof,  but  which  has  not  been 
paid  prior  to  the  death  of  the  person  entitled  to  receive  the  same, 
may  be  pa^^able  to  the  personal  representatives  of  such  perspn,  or  in 
the  absence  of  a  duly  appointed  legal  representative  where  the 
combined  amounts  payable  are  $1,000  or  less,  the  director  shall 
allow  and  pay  such  sum  to  such  person  or  persons  as  would  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  residence  of  the  decedent  be  entitled  to  his 
personal  property  in  case  of  intestacy:  Provided^  That  in  cases 
where  the  estate  of  the  decedent  would  escheat  under  the  laws  of 
the  place  of  his  residence,  such  installments  shall  not  be  paid  to  the 
estate  of  the  decedent  but  shall  escheat  to  the  United  States  and 
shall  be  credited  to  the  appropriation  from  which  the  original 
award  was  made. 

Sec.  27.  That  all  payments  of  compensation  and  insurance  hereto¬ 
fore  made  pursuant  to  a  regulation  permitting  permanent  and  total 
disability  to  be  presumed  from  hospitalization  or  ratings  of  less 
than  permanent  total  disability  shall  be  deemed  valid  and  no  re¬ 
covery  thereof  shall  be  made:  Provided^  That  nothing  herein  shall 
operate  to  validate  insurance  not  in  force  on  the  date  an  award 
thereof  was  approved,  except  where  premiums  haAX  been  thereafter 
accepted. 

Sec.  28.  There  shall  be  no  recovery  of  payinents  from  any 
beneficiary  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  director,  is  without  fault 
on  his  part,  and  where,  in  the  judgment  of  the  director,  such  recov¬ 
ery  would  defeat  the  purpose  of  benefits  otherwise  authorized  or 
would  be  against  equity  and  good  conscience. 

When  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  the  recovery  of  a 
pavment  made  from  the  United  States  Gcveriiment  life  insurance 
fund  is  waived,  the  United  States  Government  life  insurance  fund 
shall  be  reimbursed  for  the  amount  involved  from  the  current  appro¬ 
priation  for  military  and  naval  insurance. 

Sec.  29.  The  director  is  authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  sell,  lease, 
or  exchange  surplus  equipment,  supplies,  products,  or  waste  mate- 


THE  WOELD  WAR  VETERANS’  ACT,  1924 


11 


rials  belonging  to  the  bureau  or  any  of  its  plants  or  institutions ;  and 
to  lease  for  a  term,  not  exceeding  three  years,  lands  or  buildings,  or 
parts  or  parcels  thereof,  belonging  to  the  United  States  and  under 
the  control  of  the  bureau.  The  net  proceeds  of  all  such  sales,  leases, 
or  exchanges  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
as  miscellaneous  receipts. 

Sec.  30.  That  all  files,  records,  reports,  and  other  papers  and  docu¬ 
ments  pertaining  to  any  claim  for  the  benefits  of  this  Act,  whether 
pending  or  adjudicated,  shall  be  deemed  confidential  and  privileged 
and  no  disclosure  thereof  shall  be  made  except  as  follows: 

(a)  To  a  claimant  or  his  duly  authorized  representative,  as  to 
matters  concerning  himself  alone,  wdien  in  the  judgment  of  the 
director  such  disclosure  would  not  be  injurious  to  the  physical  or 
mental  health  of  the  claimant; 

(b)  Where  required  by  the  process  of  a  United  States  court  to  be 
produced  in  any  suit  or  proceeding  therein  pending;  or  when  such 
production  is  deemed  by  the  director  to  be  necessary  in  any  suit  or 
proceeding  brought  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act; 

(c)  In  all  proceedings  in  the  nature  of  an  inquest  into  the  mental 
competency  of  a  claimant,  and  in  all  other  judicial  proceedings, 
when  in  the  judgment  of  the  director  such  disclosure  is  deemed 
necessary  and  proper; 

(d)  The  amount  of  compensation  or  training  allowance  of  any 
beneficiary  shall  be  made  known  to  any  person  who  applies  for  such 
information. 

Wherever  the  production  of  a  file,  record,  report,  or  other  docu¬ 
ment  is  required  or  permitted  by  this  section  a  certified  copy  thereof 
may  be  produced  in  lieu  of  the  original,  and  such  certified  copy  shall 
be  received  in  evidence  with  like  force  and  effect  as  the  original. 

Sec.  31.  The  Veterans’  Bureau  shall,  under  regulations  to  be 
prescribed  by  the  director,  reimburse  beneficiaries  hospitalized  or 
v/ho  have  been  hospitalized  in  Veterans’  Bureau  hospitals  for  any 
loss  of  personal  effects  heretofore  or  hereafter  sustained  by  fire 
while  such  effects  are  or  were  stored  in  designated  locations  in 
Veterans’  Bureau  hospitals. 

Sec.  32.  Payment  may  be  made  for  official  telephone  service  and 
rental  in  the  field  wherever  incurred  in  case  of  official  telephones 
for  medical  officers  of  the  Bureau  where  such  teiephones  are 
installed  in  private  residences  or  private  apartments  or  quarters 
when  authorized  under  regulations  established  by  the  director. 

Sec.  33.  The  director,  in  his  discretion,  may  provide  courses  of 
instruction  for  the  professional  personnel  of  the  bureau  and  may 
detail  employees  to  attend  the  same,  and  may  detail  not  more  than 
2  per  centum  of  such  professional  personnel  to  attend  professional 
coui’ses  conducted  by  other  than  bureau  agencies,  and  such  employees 
in  addition  to  their  salaries  shall  be  entitled  to  the  payment  of 
expenses  incident  to  such  detail,  including  transportation :  Provided^ 
hov'ever^  That  travel  or  instruction  outside  the  continental  limits 
of  the  United  States  shall  not  be  authorized  under  this  section. 

Title  II. — Compensation  and  Treatment. 

Sec.  200.  For  death  or  disability  resulting  from  personal  injury 
suffered  or  disease  contracted  in  the  military  or  naval  service  on  or 
after  April  6,  1917,  and  before  July  2,  1921,  or  for  an  aggravation 


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or  recurrence  of  a  disability  existing  prior  to  examination,  accept¬ 
ance,  and  enrollment  for  service,  when  such  aggravation  was  sulfered 
or  contracted  in,  or  such  recurrence  was  caused  by,  the  military  or 
naval  service  on  or  after  April  6,  1917,  and  before  July  2,  1921,  by 
any  commissioned  officer  or  enlisted  man,  or  by  any  member  of  the 
Army  Nurse  Corps  (female),  or  of  the  Navy  Nurse  Corps  (female), 
when  employed  in  the  active  service  under  the  Yv  ar  Department  or 
Nav}^  Department,  the  United  States  shall  pay  to  such  commissioned 
officer  or  enlisted  man,  member  of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps  (female), 
or  of  the  Navy  Nurse  Corps  (female),  or  women  citizens  of  the 
United  States  who  were  taken  from  the  United  States  by  the  United 
States  Government  and  who  served  in  base  hospitals  overseas,  or, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  director,  separately  to  his  or  her  dependents, 
compensation  as  hereinafter  provided;  but  no  compensation  shall 
be  paid  if  the  injury,  disease,  aggravation,  or  recurrence  has  been 
caused  by  his  own  willful  misconduct:  Provided^  That  no  person 
suffering  from  paral3'sis,  paresis,  or  blindness  shall  be  denied  coin- 
pensation  by  reason  of  willful  misconduct,  nor  shall  any  person  who 
is  helpless  or  bedridden  as  a  result  of  any  disability  be  denied  com¬ 
pensation  by  reason  of  willful  misconduct.  That  for  the  purposes 
of  this  Act  every  such  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  other  member 
employed  in  the  active  service  under  the  War  Department  or  Navy 
Department  who  vras  discharged  or  who  resigned  prior  to  July  2, 
1921,  and  every  such  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  other  member  emplo3^ed 
in  the  active  service  under  the  War  Department  or  Navy  Department 
on  or  before  November  11,  1918,  who  on  or  after  July  2,  1921,  is 
discharged  or  resigns,  shall  be  conclusively  held  and  taken  to  have 
been  in  sound  condition  when  examined,  accepted,  and  enrolled 
for  service,  except  as  to  defects,  disorders,  or  infirmities  made  of 
record  in  any  manner  by  proper  authorities  of  the  United  States 
at  the  time  of,  or  prior  to,  inception  of  active  service,  to  the  extent 
to  which  any  such  defect,  disorder,  or  infirmit3^  was  so  made  of 
record :  Provided^  That  an  ex-service  man  who  is  shown  to  have 
or,  if  deceased,  to  have  had,  prior  to  January  1,  1925,  neurops3Uni- 
atric  disease  and  spinal  meningitis,  an  active  tuberculosis  disease, 
paral3"sis  agitans,  encephalitis  lethargica,  or  amoebic  dysentery 
developing  a  10  per  centum  degree  of  disability  or  more  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision  (4)  of  section  202 
of  this  Act,  shall  be  presumed  to  have  acquired  his  disability  in 
such  service  between  April  6,  1917,  and  July  2,  1921,  or  to  have 
suffered  an  aggravation  of  a  preexisting  neuropsychiatric  disease 
and  spinal  meningitis,  tuberculosis,  paralysis  agitans,  encephalitis 
lethargica,  or  amoebic  dysentery  in  such  service  between  said  dates, 
and  said  presumption  shall  be  conclusive  in  cases  of  active  tubercu¬ 
losis  disease  and  spinal  meningitis,  but  in  all  other  cases  said 
presumption  shall  be  rebuttable  by  clear  and  convincing  evidence; 
but  nothing  in  this  proviso  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  a  claimant 
from  receiving  the  benefits  of  compensation  and  medical  care  and 
treatment  for  a  disability  due  to  these  diseases  of  more  than  10  per 
centum  degree  (in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision 
(4)  of  section  202  of  this  act)  on  or  subsequent  to  Januar3^  1,  1925, 
if  the  facts  in  the  case  substantiate  his  claim. 

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If  the  deceased  leaves  a  widow  or  child,  or  if  he  leaves  a  mother 
or  father  either  or  both  dependent  upon  him  for  support,  the  monthly 
compensation  shall  be  the  following  amounts: 

(a)  If  there  is  a  Avidow  but  no  child,  $30. 

(b)  If  there  is  a  widow  and  one  child,  $40,  with  $G  for  each 
additional  child. 

(c)  If  there  is  no  widow,  but  one  child,  $20. 

(d)  If  there  is  no  widow,  but  two  children,  $30. 

(e)  If  there  is  no  Avidow,  but  three  children,  $40,  with  $5  for 
each  additional  child. 

(f)  If  there  is  a  dependent  mother  (or  dependent  father),  $20, 
or  both,  $30.  The  amount  payable  under  this  subdivision  shall  not 
exceed  the  difference  betAveen  the  total  amount  payable  to  the  widow 
and  children  and  the  sum  of  $75.  Such  compensation  shall  be 
payable,  Avhether  the  dependency  of  the  father  or  mother  or  both 
arises  before  or  after  the  death  of  the  person,  but  no  compensation 
shall  be  payable  if  the  dependency  arises  more  than  five  years  after 
the  death  of  the  person. 

(1)  If  death  occur  or  shall  liaA^e  occurred  subsequent  to  April  6, 
1917,  and  before  discharge  or  resignation  from  the  service,  the  United 
States  Veterans’  Bureau  shall  pay  for  burial  and  funeral  expenses 
and  the  return  of  body  to  his  home  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $100,  as 
may  be  fixed  by  regulation.  Where  a  veteran  of  any  war,  including 
those  Avomen  AAdio  serA^ed  as  Army  nurses  under  contracts  between 
April  21,  1898,  and  February  2,  1901,  Avho  was  not  dishonorably 
discharged,  dies  after  discharge  or  resignation  from  the  service  and 
does  not  leaA^e  assets  which,  in  the  judgment  of  the  director,  should 
be  applied  to  meet  the  expenses  of  burial  and  funeral  and  the 
transportation  of  the  body  (the  decision  of  the  director  to  be  binding 
for  all  purposes),  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  shall  pay  the 
following  sums:  For  a  flag  to  drape  the  casket,  and  after  burial 
to  be  giA^en  to  the  next  of  kin  of  the  deceased,  a  sum  not  exceeding 
$7 ;  also,  for  burial  and  funeral  expenses  and  the  transportation  of 
the  body  (including  preparation  of  the  body)  to  the  place  of  burial, 
a  sum  not  exceeding  $100  to  cover  such  items  and  to  be  paid  to  such 
person  or  persons  as  may  be  fixed  by  regulations :  Provided^  That 
when  such  person  dies  Avhile  receiving  from  the  bureau  compensation 
or  A’ocatlonal  training,  tlie  above  benefits  shall  be  payable  in  all 
cases :  Provided  further^  That  where  such  person,  while  receiving 
from  the  bureau  medical,  surgical,  or  hospital  treatment,  or  Amcation- 
al  training,  dies  aAvay  from  home  and  at  the  place  to  which  he  was 
ordered  by  the  bureau,  or  Avhile  traveling  under  orders  of  the  bu¬ 
reau,  the  above  benefits  shall  be  pa^^able  in  all  cases  and  in  addition 
thereto  the  actual  and  necessary  cost  of  the  transportation  of  the  body 
of  the  person  (including  preparation  of  the  body)  to  the  place  of 
burial,  within  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  its  Terri¬ 
tories,  or  possessions,  and  including  also,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
director,  the  actual  and  necessary  cost  of  transportation  of  an 
attendant :  And  'provided  fu'rther^  That  no  accrued  pension,  compen¬ 
sation,  or  insurance  due  at  the  time  of  death  shall  be  deducted  from 
the  sum  alloAved. 

(2)  The  payment  of  cojnpensation  to  a  Avidow  shall  continue  until 
her  death  or  remarriage,  and  the  ])ayment  of  compensation  to  a 
parent  shall  continue  to  the  death  of  such  parent. 


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(3)  The  payment  of  compensation  to  or  for  a  child  shall  continue 
until  such  child  reaches  the  age  of  eighteen  ^^ears  or  marries,  or  if 
such  child  be  jDermanentiy  incapable  of  self-support  by  reason  of 
mental  or  ph3^sical  defect,  then  during  such  incapacity. 

(4)  Whenever  the  compensation  pa3'able  to  or  for  the  benefit 
of  any  person  under  the  provisions  of  this  section  is  terminated 
by  the  happening  of  the  contingenc}^  upon  which  it  is  limited,  the 
compensation  thereafter  for  the  remaining  beneficiary  or  benefici¬ 
aries,  if  any,  shall  be  the  amount  which  would  have  been  payable 
to  them  if  they  had  been  the  sole  original  beneficiaries. 

(5)  As  between  the  widow  and  the  children  not  in  her  custody, 
and  as  between  children,  the  amount  of  compensation  shall  be 
apportioned  as  ma}^  be  prescribed  by  regulation. 

(6)  The  term  ‘‘widow,”  as  used  in  this  section,  shall  not. include 
one  who  shall  have  married  the  deceased  later  than  ten  years  after 
July  2,  1921,  and  shall  include  widower,  whenever  his  condition  is 
such  that  if  the  deceased  person  Vv^ere  living  he  would  have  been 
dependent  upon  her  for  support. 

(7)  That  this  section  shall  be  deelned  to  be  in  effect  as  of  April 
6,  1917 :  Provided^  however^  That  the  receipt  of  a  gratuity,  pension, 
or  compensation,  including  adjusted  compensation,  by  wddow,  child, 
or  parent,  on  account  of  the  death,  disability,  or  service  of  any 
person  shall  not  bar  the  pa3mient  of  compensation  on  account  of  the 
death  or  disability  of  any  other  person:  Provided^  That  before 
compensation  under  this  section  shall  be  paid  the  claimant  shall 
first  surrender  all  claim  to  any  gratuity  or  pension  pa3^able  under 
any  other  law  on  account  of  the  death  of  the  same  person :  Provided 
further^  That  no  changes  in  rates  or  compensation  made  by  this 
Act  shall  be  retroactive  in  effect. 

Sec.  202.  That  if  disabilit3^  results  from  the  injury — 

(1)  If  and  while  the  disability  is  rated  as  total  and  temporary, 
the  monthly  compensation  shall  be  the  following  amounts,  pa3^able 
monthly  or  semimonthly  as  the  director  ma3‘  priori  be : 

(a)  If  the  disabled  person  has  neither  ^vife  nor  child  living,  $80. 

(b)  If  he  has  a  wife  but  no  child  living,  $90. 

(c)  If  he  has  a  wife  and  one  child  living,  $95,  and  $5  for  each 
additional  child. 

(d)  If  he  has  no  wife  and  one  child  living,  $90,  with  $5  for  each 
additional  child. 

(e)  If  he  has  a  mother  or  father,  either  or  both  dependent  on  him 
for  support,  then,  in  addition  to  the  above  amounts,  $10  for  each 
parent  so  dependent. 

(2)  If  and  while  the  disability  is  rated  as  partial  and  temporary, 
the  monthly  compensation  shall  be  a  percentage  of  the  compensation 
that  would  be  pa3"able  for  his  total  and  temporary  disability,  equal 
to  the  degree  of  the  reduction  in  earning  capacity  resulting  from  the 
disability,  but  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  for  a  reduction  in 
earning  capacit3^  rated  at  less  than  10  per  centum. 

That  an3"  ex-service  man  shown  to  have  had  a  tubercular  disease 
of  compensable  degree,  and  who  has  been  hosj^italized  for  a  period 
of  one  3'ear,  and  who  in  the  judgment  of  the  director  has  reached  a 
condition  of  complete  arrest  of  his  disease,  and  who  shall  be  dis¬ 
charged  from  further  hospitalization,  shall  be  rated  as  temporarily 


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totally  disabled,  and  such  rating  shall  not  be  decreased  within  a 
period  of  six  months. 

(3)  If  and  while  the  disability  is  rated  as  total  and  permanent, 
the  rate  of  compensation  shall  be  $100  per  month :  Provided^  how¬ 
ever^  That  the  permanent  loss  of  the  use  of  both  feet,  or  both  hands, 
or  of  both  eyes,  or  of  one  foot  and  one  hand,  or  of  one  foot  and  one 
eye,  or  of  one  hand  and  one  eye,  or  the  loss  of  hearing  of  both  ears, 
or  the  organic  loss  of  speech,  or  becoming  permanently  helpless  or 
permanently  bedridden,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  total,  permanent  dis¬ 
ability:  Provided  further^  That  the  compensation  for  the  loss  of 
the  use  of  both  eyes  shall  be  $150  per  month,  and  that  compensation 
for  the  loss  of  the  use  of  both  eves  and  one  or  more  limbs  shall  be 
$200  per  month :  Provided  further^  That  for  double  total,  per¬ 
manent  disability  the  rate  of  compensation  shall  be  $200  per  month. 

That  any  ex-service  man  shown  to  have  a  tuberculous  disease  of 
compensable  degree,  and  who  has  been  hospitalized  for  a  period  of 
one  year,  and  who  in  the  judgment  of  the  director  will  not  reach  a 
condition  of  arrest  by  further  hospitalization,  and  whose  discharge 
from  hospitalization  will  not  be  prejudicial  to  the  beneficiary  or  his 
family,  and  who  is  not,  in  the  judgment  of  the  director,  feasible  for 
training,  shall,  upon  his  request,  be  discharged  from  hospitalization 
and  rated  as  temporarily  totally  disabled,  said  rating  to  continue  for 
the  period  of  three  3^ears :  Provided^  however^  That  nothing  in  this 
subdivision  shall  deny  the  beneficiary  the  right,  upon  presentation 
of  satisfactory  evidence,  to  be  adjudged  to  be  permanent^  and 
totally  disabled :  Provided  further^  That  in  addition  to  the  compen¬ 
sation  above  provided,  the  injured  person  shall  be  furnished  by  the 
United  States  such  reasonable  governmental  medical,  surgical,  and 
hospital  services,  including  payment  of  court  costs  and  other  expenses 
incident  to  proceedings  heretofore  or  hereafter  taken  for  commit¬ 
ment  of  mentally"  incompetent  persons  to  hospitals  for  care  and 
treatment  of  the  insane,  anvd  shall  be  furnished  with  such  supplies, 
including  wheel  chairs,  artificial  limbs,  trusses,  and  similar  appli¬ 
ances,  as  the  director  ma}^  determine  to  be  useful  and  reasonably 
necessar}’^,  which  wheel  chairs,  artificial  limbs,  trusses,  and  similar 
appliances  may  be  procured  by  the  bureau  in  such  manner,  either 
by  purchase  or  manufacture,  as  the  director  may  determine  to  be 
advantageoas  and  reasonably  necessary:  Provided^  That  nothing  in 
this  Act  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  necessary  military  control 
over  an}^  member  of  the  Militar}^  or  Naval  Establishments  before  he 
shall  have  been  discharged  from  the  military  or  naval  service :  Pro¬ 
vided  further^  That  where  any  person  entitled  to  the  benefits  of 
this  paragraph  has  heretofore  been  hospitalized  in  a  State  institution, 
the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  is  herebv  authorized  to  reimburse 
such  person,  or  his  estate,  where  payment  has  been  made  to  the 
State  out  of  the  funds  of  such  person,  or  to  reimburse  the  State  or 
an^'  subdivision  thereof  where  no  pa^unent  has  been  made  for  the 
reasonable  cost  of  such  services  from  the  date  of  admission. 

(4)  If  and  while  the  disability  is  rated  as  partial  and  permanent, 
the  monthly"  compensation  shall  be  a  percentage  of  the  compensation 
that  would  be  pa^^able  for  his  total  and  permanent  disability  eijual 
to  the  degree  of  the  reduction  in  earning  capacity"  resulting  from 

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the  disability,  but  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  for  a  reduction 
in  earning  capacity  rated  at  less  than  10  per  centum. 

A  schedule  of  ratings  of  reductions  in  earning  capacity  from  in¬ 
juries  or  combinations  of  injuries  shall  be  adopted  and  applied  by 
the  bureau.  Ratings  may  be  as  high  as  100  per  centum.  The  rat¬ 
ings  shall  be  based,  as  far  as  practicable,  upon  the  average  impair¬ 
ments  of  earning  capacity  resulting  from  such  injuries  in  civil 
occupations  similar  to  the  occupation  of  the  injured  man  at  the  time 
of  enlistment  and  not  upon  the  impairment  in  earning  capacity  in 
each  individual  case,  so  that  there  shall  be  no  reduction  in  the  rate 
of  compensation  for  individual  success  in  overcoming  the  handicap 
of  an  injury.  The  bureau  in  adopting  the  schedule  of  ratings  of 
reduction  in  earning  capacity  shall  consider  the  impairment  in 
ability  to  secure  employment  Avhich  results  from  such  injuries.  The 
bureau  shall  from  time  to  time  readjust  this  schedule  of  ratings 
whenever  actual  experience  shall  show  that  it  is  unjust  to  the  dis¬ 
abled  veteran. 

(5)  If  the  disabled  person  is  so  helpless  as  to  be  in  constant  need 
of  a  nurse  or  attendant,  such  additional  sum  shall  be  paid,  but  not 
exceeding  $50  per  month,  as  the  director  may  deem  reasonable, 

(6)  In  addition  to  the  compensation  above  provided,  the  injured 
person  shall  be  furnished  by  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau 
such  reasonable  governmental  cafe  or  medical,  surgical,  dental,  and 
hospital  services,  including  payment  of  court  costs  and  other 
expenses  incident  to  proceedings  heretofore  or  hereafter  taken  for  the 
commitment  of  mentally  incompetent  persons  to  institutions  for  the 
care  or  treatment  of  the  insane,  and  shall  be  furnished  with  such 
supplies  including  dental  appliances,  wheel  chairs,  artificial  limbs, 
trusses,  and  similar  appliances,  including  special  clothing  made 
necessary  by  the  wearing  of  prosthetic  appliances  prescribed  by  the 
bureau,  as  the  director  may  determine  to  be  useful  and  reasonably 
necessary,  wRich  dental  appliances,  wReel  chairs,  artificial  limbs, 
trusses,  special  clothing,  and  similar  appliances  may  be  procured 
by  the  bureau  in  such  manner,  either  by  purchase  or  manufacture, 
as  the  director  may  determine  to  be  advantageous  and  reasonably 
necessary:  Provided^  That  nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed 
to  affect  the  necessary  military  control  over  any  member  of  the  Mili¬ 
tary  or  Naval  Establishments  before  he  shall  have  been  discharged 
from  the  military  or  naval  service. 

(7)  lAHiere  any  disabled  person  having  neither  wife,  child,  nor 
dependent  parent  shall,  after  July  1,  1924,  have  be*en  maintained  by 
the  Government  of  the  United  States  for  a  period  or  periods  amount¬ 
ing  to  six  months  in  an  institution  or  institutions,  and  shall  be 
deemed  b}^  the  director  to  be  insane,  the  compensation  for  such 
person  shall  thereafter  be  $20  per  month  so  long  as  he  shall  there¬ 
after  be  maintained  by  the  bureau  in  an  institution;  and  such  com¬ 
pensation  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  director,  be  paid  to  the  chief 
officer  of  said  institution  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  such  person  : 
Provided^  however^  That  if  such  person  shall  recover  his  reason  and 
shall  be  discharged  from  such  institution  as  competent,  such  addi¬ 
tional  sum  shall  be  paid  him  as  would  equal  the  total  sum  by  wRich 
his  compensation  has  been  reduced  through  the  provisions  of  this 
subdivision. 


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All  or  any  part  of  the  compensation,  of  any  mentally  incompetent 
inmate  of  an  institution,  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  director,  be 
paid  to  the  chief  officer  of  said  institution  to  be  properly  accounted 
for  and  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  such  inmate,  or  may,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  director,  be  apportioned  to  wife,  child,  or  children, 
or  dependent  parents,  in  accordance  with  regulations. 

That  any  ex-service  person  shown  to  have  had  a  tuberculous 
disease  of  a  compensable  degree,  who  in  the  judgment  of  the  director 
has  reached  a  condition  of  complete  arrest  of  his  disease,  shall  receive 
compensation  of  not  less  than  $50  per  month;  Provided^  however^ 
That  nothing  in  this  provision  shall  deny  a  beneficiary  the  right  to 
receive  a  temporary  total  rating  for  six  months  after  discharge  from 
a  one  year\s  period  of  hospitalization :  Provided  further^  That  no 
payments  under  this  provision  shall  be  retroactive  and  the  payments 
hereunder  shall  commence  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  Act 
or  the  date  the  disease  reaches  a  condition  of  arrest,  Vvhichever  be 
the  later  date. 

After  June  30,  1927,  the  monthlv  rate  of  comnensation  for  all 
veterans  (other  than  those  totally  and  permanently  disabled),  vdio 
are  being  maintained  by  the  bureau  in  an  institution  of  any  descrip¬ 
tion,  aiivd  Vvdio  are  witliout  wife,  child,  or  dependent  parents,  shall 
not  exceed  $40. 

(8)  The  director  shall  prescribe  by  regulation  the  conditions  and 
limitations  whereby  ail  patients  or  beneficiaries  of  the  bureau  who 
are  receiving  treatment  through  the  bureau  as  patients  in  a  hospital 
may  allot  any  proportion  or  proportions  or  any  fixed  amount  or 
amounts  of  their  monthly  compensation  for  such  purposes  and  for 
the  benefit  of  such  person  or  persons  as  they  may  direct. 

In  case  such  patient  has  not  allotted  three-fourths  of  his  monthly 
compensation  and  in  case  the  director  shall  find  that  by  gross  dis¬ 
sipation  he  is  retarding  his  own  progress  to  recovery,  then  regulations 
to  be  made  by  the  director  may  provide  that  (except  in  the  case  of 
neuropsychiatric  patients  who  are  within  the  terms  of  the  first 
paragraph  of  subdivision  (7)  hereof)  any  unallotted  portion  of  such 
three-fourths  compensation  shall  be  deposited  to  the  patients’  credit 
with  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  to  accumulate  at  such 
rate  of  interest  as  the  Secretarv  of  the  Treasury  mav  determine  but 
at  a  rate  never  le.ss  than  3^  per  centum  per  annum,  and  when  such 
patient  shall  be  discharged  by  the  bureau  from  hospital  care,  the 
said  deposit  and  interest  shall  be  paid  to  such  patient  if  living, 
otherwise  to  any  beneficiary  or  beneficiaries  he  may  have  designated, 
or  if  there  be  no  such  beneficiary,  then  to  the  executor  or  adminis¬ 
trator  of  the  estate  of  such  deceased  person :  Pro  vided^  That  this 
paragraph  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  payment  by  the 
bureau  from  the  amounts  due  to  the  decedent’s  estate  of  his  funeral 
expenses,  expenses  of  last  illness,  board,  rent,  lodging,  or  other 
household  expenses  for  which  the  decedent  is  liable,  provided  a  claim 
therefor  is  presented  by  the  creditors  or  by  the  person  or  persons 
who  actually  paid  the  same  before  settlement  by  the  bureau. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  invest  and 
reinvest  the  said  allotments  deposited  with  him,  or  any  part  thereof, 
in  interest-bearing  obligations  of  the  United  States  and  to  sell  the 
obligations  for  the  purposes  of  said  funds. 


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(9)  In  addition  to  the  care,  treatment,  and  appliances  now 
authorized  by  law,  said  bureau  shall  also  provide,  without  charge 
therefor,  hospital,  dental,  medical,  surgical,  and  convalescent  care 
and  treatment  and  prosthetic  appliances  (including  such  dental 
appliances  as  may  be  found  reasonably  necessary  by  the  director) 
for  any  member  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States, 
not  dishonorably  discharged,  disabled  by  reason  of  any  wound  or 
injury  received  or  disease  contracted,  or  by  reason  of  any  aggrava¬ 
tion  of  a  preexisting  injury  or  disease,  specifically  noted  at  examina¬ 
tion  for  entrance  into  or  employment  in  the  active  military  or  naval 
service  while  in  the  active  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States  on  or  after  April  6,  1917,  and  before  July  2,  1921:  Provided^ 
That  the  wound  or  injury  received  or  disease  contracted  or  aggrava¬ 
tion  of  a  preexisting  injury  or  disease,  for  which  such  hospital, 
dental,  medical,  surgical,  and  convalescent  care  and  treatment  and 
prosthetic  appliances  (including  such  dental  appliances  as  may  be 
found  reasonably  necessary  by  the  director)  shall  be  furnished,  was 
incurred  in  the  military  or  naval  service  and  not  caused  by  his  own 
willful  misconduct :  Provided^  That  where  a  beneficiary  of  the  bureau 
suffers  or  has  suffered  an  injury  or  contracted  a  disease  in  service 
entitling  him  to  the  benefits  of  this  subdivision,  and  an  emergency 
develops  or  has  developed  requiring  immediate  treatment  or  hospi¬ 
talization  on  account  of  such  injury  or  disease,  and  no  bureau 
facilities  are  or  were  then  feasibly  available  and  in  the  judgment  of 
the  director  delay  would  be  or  would  have  been  hazardous,  the 
director  is  authorized  to  reimburse  such  beneficiary  the  reasonable 
value  of  such  service  received  from  sources  other  than  the  bureau. 

(10)  That  all  hospital  facilities  under  the  control  and  jurisdiction 
of  the  bureau  shall  be  available  for  every  honorably  discharged 
veteran  of  the  Spanish- American  War,  the  Philippine  insurrection, 
the  Boxer  rebellion,  or  the  World  War  suffering  from  neuropsychiatric 
or  tubercular  ailments  and  diseases,  paralysis  agitans,  encephalitis 
lethargica,  or  amoebic  dysentery,  or  the  loss  of  sight  of  both  eyes, 
regardless  whether  such  ailments  or  diseases  are  due  to  military 
service  or  otherwise,  including  traveling  expenses  as  granted  to 
those  receiving  compensation  and  hospitalization  under  this  Act. 
The  director  is  further  authorized,  so  far  as  he  shall  find  that  exist¬ 
ing  Government  facilities  permit,  to  furnish  hospitalization  and 
necessary  traveling  expenses  incident  to  hospitalization  to  veterans 
of  any  war,  military  occupation,  or  military  expedition,  including 
those  women  who  served  as  Army  nurses  under  contracts  betw^een 
April  21,  1898,  and  February  2,  1901,  not  dishonorably  discharged, 
without  regard  to  the  nature  or  origin  of  their  disabilities :  Provided^ 
That  any  and  all  laws  applicable  to  women  who  belonged  to  the 
Nurse  Corps  of  the  Army  after  February  2,  1901,  shall  apply 
equa,!!}^  to  members  of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps  who  served  under  con¬ 
tract  between  April  21,  1898,  and  February  2,  1901,  including  all 
'women  who  served  honorably  as  nurses,  chief  nurses,  or  superin¬ 
tendent  of  said  corps  in  said  period:  Promded^^  That  preference  to 
admission  to  any  Government  hospital  for  hospitalization  under  the 
provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  be  given  to  those  veterans  who 
are  financially  unable  to  pay  for  hospitalization  and  their  necessary 
traveling  expenses :  Provided  further^  That  where  a  veteran  hospital¬ 
ized  under  the  authority  of  this  subdivision  is  financially  unable  to 


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supply  himself  with  clothing,  he  shall  also  be  furnished  with  s’uch 
clothing  as  the  director  may  deem  necessary:  Provided  further^ 
That  where  a  veteran  entitled  to  hospitalization  under  this  sub¬ 
division  is  suffering  with  a  disease  or  injury  necessitating  the  wear¬ 
ing  of  a  prosthetic  appliance  and  is  financially  unable  to  supply  him¬ 
self  with  same,  upon  an  affidavit  to  that  effect  the  director  is  hereby 
authorized  to  furnish  such  appliance  and  to  effect  necessary  repairs 
to  the  same  without  cost  to  the  veteran :  And  p-rovided  further^  That 
the  pension  of  a  veteran  entitled  to  hospitalization  under  this  sub¬ 
division  shall  not  be  subject  to  deduction,  while  such  veteran  is 
hospitalized  in  any  Government  hospital,  for  board,  maintenance, 
or  any  other  purpose  incident  to  hospitalization :  Provided  further^ 
That  the  Act  of  May  4,  1898,  entitled  “An  Act  making  appropria¬ 
tions  for  the  naval  service  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1899, 
and  for  other  purposes,”  the  Act  of  February  28,  1861,  as  amended 
by  the  Act  of  February  2,  1909,  relative  to  the  Government  Hospital 
for  the  Insane  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  any  other  Act,  in 
so  far  as  they  are  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  section 
be,  and  they  are,  hereby  modified  accordingly. 

In  the  insular  possessions  or  Terrifories  of  the  United  States 
the  director  is  further  authorized  to  furnish  hospitalization  in  otJier 
than  Government  hospitals. 

(11)  The  director  shall  have  the  same  power,  and  shall  be  subject 
to  the  same  limitations,  in  the  sale  of  surplus  or  condemned  supplies, 
material,  and  other  personal  property  as  now  pertains  to  the 
Secretary  of  War.  The  Director  is  authorized  to  make  regulations 
governing  the  disposal  of  articles  produced  by  patients  of  such 
bureau  in  the  course  of  their  curative  treatment,  or  to  allow  the 
patients  to  sell  or  to  retain  such  articles. 

(12)  Where  the  disabled  person  is  a  patient  in  a  hospital  or 
where  for  any  other  reason  the  disabled  person  and  his  wife  are  not 
living  together,  or  where  the  children  are  not  in  the  custody  of  the 
disabled  person,  the  amount  of  the  compensation  shall  be  apportioned 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  regulations. 

(13)  The  term  “wife”  as  used  in  this  section  shall  include 
“  husband  ”  if  the  husband  is  dependent  upon  the  wife  for  support. 

(14)  That  the  bureau  is  authorized  to  furnish  transportation, 
also  the  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  services  and  the  supplies 
and  appliances  provided  by  subdivision  (6)  hereof,  to  discharged 
members  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  those  governments 
which  have  been  associated  in  war  with  the  United  States  since 
April  6,  1917,  and  come  within  the  provisions  of  laws  of  such  gov¬ 
ernments  similar  to  this  Act,  at  such  rates  and  under  such  regula¬ 
tions  as  the  director  may  prescribe;  and  the  bureau  is  hereby  author¬ 
ized  to  utilize  the  similar  services,  supplies,  and  appliances  provided 
for  the  discharged  members  of  the  military  and  naval  forces 
of  those  governments  which  have  been  associated  in  war  with  the 
United  States  since  April  6,  1917,  by  the  laws  of  such  governments 
similar  to  this  Act,  in  furnishing  the  discharged  members  of  the 
military  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  who  live  within  the 
territorial  limits  of  such  governments  and  come  within  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  subdivision  (6)  hereof,  with  the  services,  supplies,  and 
appliances  provided  for  in  such  subdivision;  and  any  appropriations 
that  have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  furnish- 


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ing  the  services,  supplies,  and  appliances  provided  for  by  subdivision 
(6)  hereof  are  hereby  made  available  for  the  payment  to  such  gov¬ 
ernments  or  their  agencies  for  the  services,  supplies,  and  appliances 
so  furnished  at  such  rates  and  under  such  regulations  as  the  director 
may  prescribe. 

(15)  That  any  person  who  is  now  receiving  a  gratuity  or  pension 
from  the  United  States  under  existing  law  shall  not  receive  com¬ 
pensation  under  this  section  unless  he  shall  first  surrender  all  claim 
to  further  payments  of  such  gratuity  or  pension,  except  as*  provided 
in  subdivision  7  of  section  201. 

(16)  No  compensation  hereunder  shall  be  paid  for  the  period 
during  which  any  such  person  is  being  furnished  by  the  bureau  a 
course  of  vocational  rehabilitation  and  support  as  authorized  in 
Title  IV  hereof :  Provided^  however^  That  in  the  event  any  person 
pursuing  a  course  of  vocational  rehabilitation  is  entitled  under 
Title  II  of  this  Act  to  compensation  in  an  amount  in  excess  of  the 
payments  made  to  him  under  Title  IV  hereof  for  his  support  and 
the  support  of  his  dependents,  if  any,  the  bureau  shall  pay  monthly 
to  such  person  such  additional  amount  as  may  be  necessary  to  equal 
the  total  compensation  duemnder  Title  II  hereof. 

(17)  That  no  changes  in  rates  of  compensation  made  by  this  Act 
shall  be  retroactive  in  effect. 

Sec.  203.  That  every  person  applying  for  or  in  receipt  of 
compensation  for  disability  under  the  provisions  of  this  title  and 
eveiy  person  applying  for  treatment  under  the  provisions  of  sub¬ 
divisions  (9)  or  (10)  of  section  202  hereof,  shall,  as  frequently  and 
at  such  times  and  places  as  may  be  reasonably  required,  submit 
himself  to  examination  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  United  States  or 
by  a  duly  qualified  physician  designated  or  approved  by  the  director. 
He  may  have  a  duly  qualified  physician  designated  and  paid  by 
him  present  to  participate  in  such  examination.  For  all  examina¬ 
tions  he  shall,  in  the  discretion  of  the  director,  be  paid  his  reasonable 
traveling  and  other  expenses  and  also  a  per  diem  allowance  of  $2.65 
per  day  for  the  period  of  travel  and  observation.  If  he  shall  neglect 
or  refuse  to  submit  to  such  examination,  or  shall  in  any  way  obstruct 
the  same,  his  right  to  claim  compensation  under  this  title  shall  be 
suspended  until  such  neglect,  refusal,  or  obstruction  ceases.  No 
compensation  shall  be  payable  while  such  neglect,  refusal,  or  obstruc¬ 
tion  continues,  and  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  for  the  inter¬ 
vening  period. 

Sec.  204.  Every  person  in  receipt  of  compensation  for  disability 
shall  submit  to  any  reasonable  medical  or  surgical  treatment  fur¬ 
nished  by  the  bureau  whenever  requested  by  the  bureau;  and  the 
consequences  of  unreasonable  refusal  to  submit  to  any  such  treat¬ 
ment  shall  not  be  deemed  to  result  from  the  injury  compensated  for. 

Sec.  205.  Upon  its  own  motion  or  upon  application  the  bureau 
may  at  any  time  review  an  award  and,  in  accordance  with  the 
facts  found  upon  such  review,  may  end,  diminish,  or  increase  the 
compensation  previously  awarded,  or,  if  compensation  is  increased, 
or  if  compensation  has  been  refused,  reduced,  or  discontinued,  may 
(subject  to  the  provisions  of  section  210  hereof)  award  compen¬ 
sation  in  proportion  to  the  degree  of  disability  sustained  as  of  the 
date  such  degree  of  disability  began,  but  not  earlier  than  the  date 
of  discharge  or  resignation.  Except  in  cases  of  fraud  partici- 


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21 


pated  in  by  the  beneficiary,  no  reduction  in  compensation  shall  be 
made  retroactive,  and  no  reduction  or  discontinuance  of  compensa¬ 
tion  shall  be  effective  until  the  1st  day  of  the  third  calendar  month 
next  succeeding  that  in  which  such  reduction  or  discontinuance  is 
determined. 

Sec.  206.  That  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  for  death  or 
disability  Tvhich  does  not  occur  prior  .to  or  within  one  year  after 
discharge  or  resignation  from  the  service,  excej^t  as  provided  in 
section  200  of  this  Act,  and  except  where  there  is  an  official  record 
of  the  injury  during  service  or  at  the  time  of  separation  from  active 
service,  or  wdiere  within  three  years  from  the  approval  of  this  Act, 
satisfactory  evidence  is  furnished  the  bureau  to  establish  that  the 
injury  was  suffered  or  aggravated  during  active  service.  Where 
there  is  official  record  of  injury  during  service  compensation  shall  be 
payable  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  title,  for  death 
or  disability  whenever  occurring,  proximately  resulting  from  such 
injury. 

Sec.  207.  That  compensation  shall  not  be  payable  for  death  in 
the  course  of  the  service  until  the  death  be  officially  recorded  in 
the  department  under  which  the  person  may  be  serving.  No  com¬ 
pensation  shall  be  payable  for  a  period  during  which  the  man 
has  been  reported  ‘‘  missing  ”  and  a  family  allowance  has  been  paid 
for  him  under  the  provisions  of  Article  II  of  the  Act  of  October  6, 
1917. 

Sec.  208.  For  the  purpose  of  maintaining  law  and  order  and  of 
protecting  persons  and  property  at  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau 
Hospitals  the  Director  is  liereby  authorized  to  designate  at  such 
hospitals  persons  who  shall  hav^e  authority  to  make  arrests  for  any 
crime  or  offense  against  the  United  States  committed  on  the  hospital 
reservation.  Any  person  so  arrested  shall  be  taken  forthwith  before 
the  nearest  United  States  Commissioner,  within  whose  jurisdiction 
the  hospital  is  located.  Travel  and  transportation  expenses  incident 
to  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  paid  from  the 
appropriation  for  administrative  expenses. 

Sec.  209.  That  no  compensation  shall  be  payable  and  that  (ex¬ 
cept  as  provided  by  subdivision  (10)  of  section  202  hereof)  no  treat¬ 
ment  shall  be  furnished  unless  a  claim  therefor  be  filed  in  case  of 
disability  within  fiv^e  years  after  discharge  or  resignation  from  the 
service,  or  in  case  of  death  during  the  service,  within  five  years  after 
such  death  is  officially  recorded  in  the  department  under  which  he 
may  be  serving:  Prcnmled,  however^  That  where  compensation  is 
payable  for  death  or  disability  occurring  after  discharge  or  resigna¬ 
tion  from  the  service,  claim  must  be  made  within  five  years  after 
such  death  or  the  beginning  of  such  disability. 

The  time  herein  provided  may  be  extended  by  the  director  not 
to  exceed  five  years  for  good  cause  shown.  If  at  the  time  that  any 
right  accrues  to  any  person  under  the  provisions  of  this  title  such 
person  is  a  minor,  or  is  of  unsound  mind  or  physically  unable  to 
make  a  claim,  the  time  herein  provided  shall  not  begin  to  run  until 
such  disability  ceases. 

Sec.  210.  That  no  compensation  shall  be  payalffe  for  any  period 
more  than  one  year  prior  to  the  date  of  claim  therefor,  nor  shall 
increased  compensation  be  awarded  to  revert  back  more  than  six 
months  prior  to  the  date  of  claim  therefor.  Fxcept  in  case  of  fraud 


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participated  in  by  the  beneficiary,  no  reduction  in  compensation 
shall  be  made  retroactive. 

Sec.  211.  Compensation  because  of  disability  or  death  of  members 
of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps  (female)  or  of  the  Navy  Nurse  Corps 
(female)  shall  be  in  lieu  of  any  compensation  for  such  disability  or 
death  under  the  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  provide  compensation  for 
employees  of  the  United  States  suffering  injuries  while  in  the  per¬ 
formance  of  their  duties,  and  for  other  purposes,”  approved  Sep¬ 
tember  7,  1916. 

Sec.  212.  This  Act  is  intended  to  provide  a  system  for  the  relief 
of  persons  who  were  disabled,  and  for  the  dependents  of  those  who 
died  as  a  result  of  disability  suffered  in  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States  between  April  6,  1917,  and  July  2,  1921.  For  such 
disabilities  and  deaths  no  other  pension  law  or  laws  providing  for 
gratuities  or  payments  in  the  event  of  death  in  the  service  shall  be 
applicable :  Provided^  however^  That  the  laws  relating  to  the  retire¬ 
ment  of  persons  in  the  regular  military  or  naval  service  shall  not 
be  considered  to  be  lav/s  providing  for  pensions,  gratuities,  or  pay¬ 
ments  within  the  meaning  of  this  section:  And  provided  further^ 
That  compensation  under  this  title  shall  not  be  paid  while  the 
person  is  in  receipt  of  active  service  or  retirement  pay,  this  proviso 
to  be  effective  as  of  April  6,  1917.  Titles  II  and  IV  of  this  Act 
shall  not  be  applicable  Jo  any  disability  or  resultant  death  in  the 
service  if  such  disability  occurred  as  a  result  of  service  prior  to 
April  6,  1917,  or  after  July  2,  1921 :  Provided^  hoioever^  That  the 
schedule  of  ratings  provided  by  section  202  (4)  of  this  statute  shall 
hereafter  be  applicable  to  disabilities  occurring  as  a  result  of  service 
prior  to  April  6,  1917,  or  after  July  2,  1921,  v^rherever  a  person  has 
an  accrued  right  to  compensation  under  section  602  of  the  World 
War  Veterans’  Act,  1924. 

Sec.  213.  Where  any  beneficiary  suffers  or  has  suffered  an  injury 
or  an  aggravation  of  an  existing  injury  as  the  result  of  training, 
hospitalization,  or  medical  or  surgical  treatment,  awarded  to  him 
under  the  Vocational  Rehabilitation  Act  as  amended,  the  War  Risk 
Insurance  Act  as  amended,  or  this  Act,  or  as  a  result  of  having  sub¬ 
mitted  to  examination  under  authority  of  section  303  of  the  War 
Risk  Insurance  Act  or  section  203  of  this  Act,  and  not  the  result  of 
his  misconduct,  and  such  injury  or  aggravation  of  an  existing  injury 
results  in  additional  disability  to  or  the  death  of  such  beneficiary, 
the  benefits  of  this  title  shall  be  awarded  in  the  same  manner  as 
though  such  disability,  aggravation,  or  death  was  the  result  of 
inilitarv  seiAuce  during  the  World  War.  The  benefits  of  this  section 
shall  be  in  lieu  of  the  benefits  under  the  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to- 
provide  compensation  for  employees  of  the  United  States  suffering 
injuries  while  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  for  other 
purposes,”  approved  September  7,  1916 :  Provided^  That  application 
be  made  for  such  benefits  within  two  years  after  such  injury  or 
aggravation  was  suffered  or  such  death  occurred  or  after  the  passage 
of  this  Act  whichever  is  the  later  date :  Provided  further^  That  the 
provisions  of  section  313  of  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act  as  amended, 
relating  to  subrogation,  shall  be  applicable  to  beneficiaries  under  this 
section. 

(Secs.  313  and  314  of  Title  III,  Compensation  for  death  or  dis¬ 
ability  of  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act,  as  amended,  were  saved 


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23 


and  excepted  from  repeal  by  sec.  600  (5)  of  Title  VI,  Miscellaneous 
provisions,  World  War  Veterans’  Act,  1924.  These  two  sections 
are  therefore  included  as  a  part  of  Title  II,  Compensation  and 
treatment,  in  this  copy  of  the  World  War  Veterans’  Act,  1924,  as 
amended.) 

Sec.  313.  (1)  That  if  an  injury  or  death  for  which  compensa¬ 
tion  is  payable  under  this  article  is  caused  under  circumstances 
creating  a  legal  liability  upon  some  person  other  than  the  United 
States  or  the  enemy  to  pay  damages  therefor,  the  director,  as  a 
condition  to  payment  of  compensation  by  the  United  States,  may 
require  the  beneficiary  to  assign  to  the  United  States  any  right  of 
action  he  may  have  to  enforce  such  liability  of  such  other  person, 
or  if  it  appears  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  beneficiary  the  di¬ 
rector  may  require  him  to  prosecute  the  said  action  in  his  own  name, 
subject  to  regulations.  The  director  may  require  such  assignment  or 
prosecution  at  any  time  after  the  injury  or  death,  and  the  failure  on 
the  part  of  the  beneficiary  to  so  assign  or  to  prosecute  said  cause  of 
action  in  his  own  name  within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed  by  the 
director,  shall  bar  any  right  to  compensation  on  account  of  the  same 
injury  or  death.  The  cause  of  action  so  assigned  to  the  United  States 
may  be  prosecuted  or  compromised  by  the  director,  and  any  money 
realized  or  collected  thereon,  less  the  reasonable  expenses  of  such 
realization  or  collection,  shall  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  military 
and  naval  compensation  appropriation.  If  the  amount  placed  to  the 
credit  of  such  appropriation  in  such  case  is  in  excess  of  the  amount 
of  the  award  of  compensation,  if  any,  such  excess  shall  be  paid  to 
the  beneficiary  after  any  compensation  award  for  the  same  injury  or 
death  is  made. 

(Amendment  June  25,  1918.) 

If  a  beneficiary  or  conditional  beneficiary  shall  have  recovered,  as 
a  result  of  a  suit  brought  by  him  or  on  his  behalf,  or  as  a  result  of  a 
settlement  made  by  him  or  on  his  behalf,  any  money  or  other  prop¬ 
erty  in  satisfaction  of  the  liability  of  such  other  person,  such  money 
or  other  property  so  recovered  shall  be  credited  upon  any  compensa¬ 
tion  payable,  or  which  may  become  payable,  to  such  beneficiary,  or 
conditional  beneficiary  by  the  United  States  on  account  of  the  same 
injury  or  death. 

(2)  If  an  injury  or  death  for  which  compensation  may  be  pay¬ 
able  under  this  article  is  caused  under  circumstances  creating  a 
legal  liability  upon  some  person,  other  than  the  United  States  or 
the  enemy,  to  pay  damages  therefor,  then,  in  order  to  preserve  the 
right  of  action,  the  director  may  require  the  conditional  beneficiary 
at  any  time  after  the  injury  or  death,  to  assign  such  right  of  action 
to  the  United  States,  or,  if  it  appears  to  be  for  the  best  interests 
of  such  conditional  beneficiary,  to  prosecute  the  said  cause  of  action 
in  his  own  name,  subject  to  regulations.  The  failure  on  the  part 
of  the  beneficiary  to  so  assign  or  to  prosecute  the  said  cause  of  action 
in  his  own  name  within  a  reasonable  time,  to  be  fixed  by  the  director, 
shall  bar  any  right  to  compensation  on  account  of  the  same  injury  or 
death.  The  cause  of  action  so  assigned  may  be  prosecuted  or  com¬ 
promised  by  the  director,  and  any  money  realized  or  collected 
thereon,  less  the  reasonable  expenses  of  such  realization  or  collec¬ 
tion,  shall  be  paid  to  such  beneficiary,  and  be  credited  upon  any 


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future  compensation  which  may  become  payable  to  such  beneficiary 
by  the  United  States  on  account  of  the  same  injury  or  death. 

(Amendment  August  9,  1921.) 

(2a)  The  Veterans’  Bureau  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  bene¬ 
ficiary  or  other  person  or  persons  in  whose  name  an  action  may  have 
been  commenced  or  prosecuted,  and  to  all  witnesses  in  such  action, 
fees  and  mileage,  the  same  as  is  now  paid  and  allowed  to  witnesses 
in  the  United  States  courts,  in  going  to,  remaining  at,  and  returning 
from  place  of  trial,  and  without  any  regard  to  whether  the  action, 
if  any,  is  brought  or  prosecuted  in  a  court  of  the  United  States  or 
some  other  court. 

In  all  cases  of  assignment  of  causes  of  action  under  this  section, 
whether  the  assignment  be  heretofore  or  hereafter  made,  where  it 
shall  appear  to  the  director  to  be  to  the  best  interests  of  the  bene¬ 
ficiary  so  to  do,  the  director,  acting  for  and  in  the  name  of  the  United 
States,  may  assign  the  cause  of  action  back  to  the  beneficiary  or  to 
his  personal  representatives. 

(Amendment  June  25,  1918.) 

(3)  The  bureau  shall  make  all  necessary  regulations  for  carrying 
out  the  purposes  of  this  section.  For  the  purpose  of  computation 
only  under  this  section  the  total  amount  of  compensation  due  any 
beneficiary  shall  be  deemed  to  be  equivalent  to  a  lump  sum  equal  to 
the  present  value  of  all  future  payments  of  compensation  computed 
as  of  the  date  of  the  award  of  compensation  at  four  per  centum,  true 
discount,  compounded  annually.  The  probabilit}^  of  the  beneficiary’s 
death  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  during  which  he  is  entitled 
to  compensation  shall  be  determined  according  to  the  American 
Experience  Table  of  Mortality. 

A  conditional  beneficiary  is  any  person  who  may  become  entitled 
to  compensation  under  this  article  on  or  after  the  death  of  the  injured 
person. 

Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  impose  any  adminis¬ 
trative  duties  upon  the  War  or  Navy  Departments. 

(Act  October  6,  1917.) 

Sec.  314.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act  the  rate  of 
pension  for  a  widow. of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  Armjq  Navy, 
or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States  who  served  in  the  Civil  War, 
the  War  with  Spain,  or  the  Philippine  Insurrection,  now  on  the  pen¬ 
sion  roll  or  hereafter  to  be  placed  on  the  pension  roll,  and  entitled  to 
receive  a  less  rate  than  hereinafter  provided,  shall  be  $25  per  month ; 
and  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  additional  allow¬ 
ance  provided  by  existing  pension  laws  on  account  of  a  helpless  child 
or  child  under  sixteen  years  of  age :  Provided^  however^  That  this 
Act  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  reduce  any  pension  under  any 
Act,  public  or  private:  And  provided  further^  That  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  administered,  executed,  and  enforced  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Pensions. 

Title  III. — Insurance. 

Sec.  300.  In  order  to  give  to  every  commissioned  officer  and 
enlisted  man  and  to  every  member  of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps 
(female)  and  of  the  Navy  Nurse  Corps  (female)  when  employed  in 


THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS  ’  ACT,  1924 


25 


active  service  under  the  War  Department  or  Navy  Department 
protection  for  themselves  and  their  dependents,  the  United  States, 
upon  application  to  the  bureau  and  without  medical  examination, 
shall  grant  United  States  Government  life  insurance  (converted 
insurance)  against  the  death  or  total  permanent  disability  of  any 
such  person  in  any  multiple  of  $500,  and  not  less  than  $1,000  or 
more  than  $10,000,  upon  the  payment  of  the  premiums  as  herein¬ 
after  provided.  Such  insurance  must  be  applied  for  within  one 
hundred  and  twenty  days  after  enlistment  or  after  entrance  into  or 
employment  in  the  active  service  and  before  discharge  or  resignation : 
Provided^  That  any  member  of  the  reserve  forces  whose  application 
was  accepted  at  a  time  when  he  was  in  attendance  at  a  military  or 
naval  training  camp  or  station,  and  from  whom  premiums  were 
collected,  and  who  becomes  or  has  become  totally  or  permanently 
disabled,  or  dies  or  has  died,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  made  valid 
application  therefor.  This  proviso  shall  not  authorize  the  granting 
of  more  than  $10,000  insurance  to  any  one  person :  Provided  further^ 
That  each  officer  and  enlisted  man  of  the  Coast  Guard  who  is  serving 
on  active  duty  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  amendatory  Act, 
or  who  subsequent  thereto  enters  the  Coast  Guard  Service,  shall  be 
granted  insurance  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  section 
upon  application  within  one  hundred  and  twenty  days  of  the  pas¬ 
sage  of  this  amendatory  Act,  or  date  of  enlistment  or  entry  into  the 
Coast  Guard,  whichever  is  the  later  date,  and  before  retirement, 
discharge,  or  resignation. 

The  insurance  shall  be  payable  only  to  a  spouse,  child,  grand¬ 
child,  parent,  brother,  sister,  uncle,  aunt,  nephew,  niece,  brother-in- 
law,  or  sister-in-law,  or  to  any  or  all  of  them,  and  also  during  total 
and  permanent  disability  to  the  injured  person. 

Where  a  beneficiary  at  the  time  of  designation  by  the  insured  is 
within  the  permitted  class  of  beneficiaries  and  is  the  designated 
beneficiary  at  the  time  of  the  maturity  of  the  insurance  because  of 
the  death  of  the  insured,  such  beneficiary  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
within  the  permitted  class  even  though  the  status  of  such  beneficiary 
shall  have  been  changed. 

The  United  States  shall  bear  the  expenses  of  administration 
and  the  excess  mortality  and  disability  cost  resulting  from  the 
hazards  of  war.  The  premium  rates  shall  be  the  net  rates  based 
upon  the  American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality  and  interest  at 
31/^  per  centum  per  annum.  This  section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in 
effect  as  of  June  T,  1924. 

Sec.  301.  Except  as  provided  in  the  second  paragraph  of  this 
section,  not  later  than  July  2,  1927,  all  term  yearly  renewable 
insurance  held  by  persons  who  were  in  the  military  service  after 
April  6,  1917,  shall  be  converted,  without  medical  examination,  into 
such  form  or  forms  of  insurance  as  may  be  prescribed  by  regulations 
and  as  the  insured  may  request.  Eegulations  shall  provide  for  the 
right  to  convert  into  ordinary  life,  twenty-paylnent  life,  endowment 
maturing  at  age  sixty-two,  five-year  level  premium  term,  and  into 
other  usual  forms  of  insurance,  and  for  reconversion  of  any  such 
policies  to  a  higher  premium  rate  in  accordance  with  regulations  to 
be  issued  by  the  director,  and  shall  prescribe  the  time  and  method 
of  payment  of  the  premiums  thereon,  but  payments  of  premiums  in 
advance  shall  not  be  required  for  periods  of  more  than  one  month 


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THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS’  ACT,  1924 

each,  and  may  be  deducted  from  the  pay  or  deposit  of  the  insured 
or  be  otherwise  made  at  his  election. 

All  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  shall  cease  on  July  2,  1927, 
except  when  death  or  total  permanent  disability  shall  have  occurred 
before  July  2,  1927 :  Provided^  how'Bver^  That  the  director  may  by 
regulation  extend  the  time  for  the  continuing  of  yearly  renewable 
term  insurance  and  the  conversion  thereof  in  any  case  where  on 
July  2,  1927,  conversion  of  such  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  is 
impracticable  or  impossible  due  to  the  mental  condition  or  disap¬ 
pearance  of  the  insured. 

In  case  where  an  insured  whose  yearly  renewable  term  insurance 
has  matured  by  reason  of  total  permanent  disability  is  found  and 
declared  to  be  no  longer  permanently  and  totally  disabled,  and  where 
the  insured  is  required  under  regulations  to  renew  payment  of 
premiums  on  said  term  insurance,  and  where  this  contingency  is 
extended  beyond  the  period  during  which  said  yearly  renewable 
term  insurance  otherwise  must  be  converted,  there  shall  be  given 
such  insured  an  additional  period  of  two  years  from  the  date  on 
which  he  is  required  to  renew  payment  of  premiums  in  which  to 
convert  said  term  insurance  as  hereinbefore  provided :  Provided^ 
That  where  the  time  for  conversion  has  been  extended  under  the 
second  paragraph  of  this  section  because  of  the  mental  condition  or 
disappearance  of  the  insured,  there  shall  be  allowed  to  the  insured 
an  additional  period  of  two  years  from  the  date  on  which  he  recovers 
from  his  mental  disability  or  reappears  in  which  to  convert. 

The  insurance  except  as  provided  herein  shall  be  payable  in  two 
hundred  and  forty  equal  monthly  installments :  Provided^  That  when 
the  amount  of  an  individual  monthly  payment  is  less  than  $5,  such 
amount  may  in  the  discretion  of  the  director  be  allowed  to  accumulate 
without  interest  and  be  disbursed  annually.  Provisions  for  ma¬ 
turity  at  certain  ages,  for  continuous  installments  during  the  life 
of  the  insured  or  beneficiaries,  or  both,  for  cash,  loan,  paid  up  and 
extended  values,  dividends  from  gains  and  savings,  and  such  other 
provisions  for  the  protection  and  advantage  of  and  for  alternative 
benefits  to  the  insured  and  the  beneficiaries  as  may  be  found  to  be 
reasonable  and  practicable,  may  be  provided  for  in  the  contract  of 
insurance,  or  from  time  to  time  by  regulations.  All  calculations  shall 
be  based  upon  the  American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality  and 
interest  at  3%  per  centum  per  annum,  except  that  no  deduction 
shall  be  made  for  continuous  installments  during  the  life  of  the 
insured  in  case  his  total  and  permanent  disability  continues  more 
than  two  hundred  and  forty  months.  Subject  to  regulations,  the 
insured  shall  at  all  times  have  the  right  to  change  the  beneficiary  or 
beneficiaries  without  the  consent  of  such  beneficiary  or  beneficiaries, 
but  only  within  the  classes  herein  provided. 

If  no  beneficiary  within  the  permitted  class  be  designated  by 
the  insured  as  beneficiary  for  converted  insurance  granted  under  the 
provisions  of  Article  IV  of  the  War  Kisk  Insurance  Act,  or  Title 
III  of  this  Act,  either  in  his  lifetime  or  by  his  last  will  and  testament, 
or  if  the  designated  beneficiary  does  not  survive  the  insured,  then 
there  shall  be  paid  to  the  estate  of  the  insured  the  present  value  of 
the  remaining  unpaid  monthly  installments;  or  if  the  designated 
beneficiary  survives  the  insured  and  dies  before  receiving  all  of  the 
installments  of  converted  insurance  payable  and  applicable,  then 


THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS’  ACT,  192t  27 

there  shall  be  paid  to  the  estate  of  such  beneficiary  the  present  value 
of  the  remaining  unpaid  monthly  installments:  Provided^  That  no 
payments  shall  be  made  to  any  estate  which  under  the  laws  of  the 
residence  of  the  insured  or  the  beneficiary,  as  the  case  may  be,  would 
escheat,  but  same  shall  escheat  to  the  Unite(J  States  and  be  credited 
to  the  United  States  Government  life  insurance  fund. 

The  bureau  may  make  provision  in  the  contract  for  converted 
insurance  for  optional  settlements,  to  be  selected  by  the  insured, 
whereby  such  insurance  may  be  made  payable  either  in  one  sum  or 
in  installments  for  thirty-six  months  or  more.  The  bureau  may  also 
include  in  said  contract  a  provision  authorizing  the  beneficiary  to 
elect  to  receive  payment  of  the  insurance  in  installments  for  thirty- 
six  months  or  more,  but  only  if  the  insured  has  not  exercised  the 
right  of  election  as  hereinbefore  provided;  and  even  though  the 
insured  may  have  exercised  his  right  of  election  the  said  contract 
may  authorize  the  beneficiary  to  elect  to  receive  such  insurance  in 
installments  spread  over  a  greater  period  of  time  than  that  selected 
by  the  insured.  This  section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  effect  as  of 
June  7,  1924. 

Sec.  302.  Whenever  benefits  under  United  States  Government 
life  insurance  (converted  insurance)  become,  or  have  become,  payable 
because  of  total  permanent  disability  of  the  insured  or  because  of 
the  death  of  the  insured  as  a  result  of  disease  or  injury  traceable 
to  the  extra  hazard  of  the  military  or  naval  service,  as  such  hazard 
may  be  determined  by  the  director,  the  liability  shall  be  borne  by 
the  United  States,  and  the  director  is  hereby  autiiorized  and 
directed  to  transfer  from  the  military  and  naval  insurance 
appropriation  to  the  United  States  Government  life-insurance 
fund  a  sum  which,  together  with  the  reserve  of  the  policy  at  the 
time  of  maturity  by  total  permanent  disability  or  death,  w^ill  equal 
the  then  value  of  such  benefits.  When  a  person  receiving  total 
permanent  disability  benefits  under  a  United  States  Government 
life  policy  (converted  policy),  recovers  from  such  disability,  and 
is  then  entitled  to  continue  a  reduced  amount  of  insurance,  the 
director  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  transfer  to  the  military 
and  naval  insurance  appropriation  all  of  the  loss  reserve  to  the 
credit  of  such  policy  claim  except  a  sum  sufficient  to  set  up  the  then 
required  reserve  on  the  reduced  amount  of  the  insurance  that  may 
be  continued,  which  sum  shall  be  retained  in  the  United  States 
Government  life-insurance  fund  for  the  purpose  of  such  reserve. 

Sec.  303.  If  no  person  within  the  permitted  class  be  designated 
as  beneficiary  for  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  by  the  insured 
either  in  his  lifetime  or  by  his  last  will  and  testament  or  if  the 
designated  beneficiary  does  not  survive  the  insured  or  survives  the 
insured  and  dies  prior  to  receiving  all  of  the  two  hundred  and  forty 
installments  or  all  such  as  are  payable  and  applicable,  there  shall 
be  paid  to  the  estate  of  the  insured  the  present  value  of  the  monthly 
installments  thereafter  payable,  said  value  to  be  computed  as  of 
date  of  last  payment  made  under  any  existing  award :  Provided^ 
That  all  awards  of  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  which  are  in 
course  of  pa^unent  on  tlie  date  of  the  approval  of  this  Act  shall 
continue  until  the  death  of  the  person  receiving  such  payments,  or 


28 


THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS’  ACT,  1924 

until  he  forfeits  same  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act.  When  any 
person  to  whom  such  insurance  is  now  awarded  dies  or  forfeits  his 
rights  to  such  insurance  then  there  sliall  be  paid  to  the  estate  of  the 
insured  the  present  value  of  the  remaining  unpaid  monthly  install¬ 
ments  of  the  insurance  so  awarded  to  such  person :  Provided  further^ 
That  no  award  of  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  which,  has  been 
made  to  the  estate  of  a  last  surviving  beneficiarv  shall  be  affected 
by  this  amendment:  Provided  further^  That  in  cases  when  the 
estate  of  an  insured  would  escheat  under  the  laws  of  the  place  of 
his  residence  tlie  insurance  shall  not  be  paid  to  the  estate  but  shall 
escheat  to  the  United  States  and  be  credited  to  the  militarv  and 
naval  insurance  appropriation.  This  section  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
in  effect  as  of  October  6,  1917. 

Sec.  304.  In  the  event  that  all  provisions  of  the  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  other  than  the  recjuirements  as  to  the  physical  condition  of  the 
applicant  for  insurance  have  been  complied  with  an  application  for 
reinstatement,  in  whole  or  in  part,  of  lapsed  or  canceled  yearly  re¬ 
newable  term  insurance  or  United  States  Government  life  insurance 
(converted  insurance)  hereafter  made  may  be  approved  if  made 
within  one  i^ear  after  the  passa.ge  of  this  amendatory  Act  or  within 
two  years  after  the  date  of  lapse  or  cancellation :  Provided^  That 
the  applicant’s  disability  is  the  result  of  an  injury  or  disease,  or  of 
an  aggravation  thereof,  suffered  or  contracted  in  the  active  mili- 
tar}^  or  naval  service  during  the  World  War :  Provided  further^ 
That  the  applicant  during  his  lifetime  submits  proof  satisfactory  to 
the  director  showing  that  he  is  not  totally  and  permanently  disabled. 
As  a  condition,  however,  to  the  acceptance  of  an  application  for  the 
reinstatement  of  lapsed  or  canceled  yearly  renewable  term  insurance, 
where  the  requirements  as  to  the  physical  condition  of  the  applicant 
have  not  been  complied  with,  or,  for  the  reinstatement  of  the  United 
States  Government  life  insurance  (converted  insurance),  the  appli¬ 
cant  shall  be  required  to  pay  all  the  back  monthly  premiums  which 
would  have  become  payable  if  such  insurance  had  not  lapsed, 
together  with  interest  at  the  rate  of  5  per  centum  per  annum,  com¬ 
pounded  annually,  on  each  premium  from  the  date  said  premium  is 
due  by  the  terms  of  the  policy :  Provided  further^  That  where  within 
one  year  of  this  amendatory  Act  all  of  the  requirements  for  reinstate¬ 
ment  of  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  under  this  section  are 
complied  with,  except  the  payment  of  unpaid  premiums  with  interest, 
and  proof  satisfactory  to  the  director  is  furnished  showdng  the 
applicant  is  unable  to  pay  such  premiums  with  interest  or  some  part 
thereof,  the  application  may  be  approved,  and  the  amount  of  unpaid 
premiums  with  interest  as  provided  in  this  section  shall  be  placed 
as  an  interest-bearing  indebtedness  against  the  insurance,  such 
indebtedness  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  5  per  centum  per  annum, 
compounded  annuall}^,  to  be  deducted  in  any  settlement  thereunder: 
And  'provided  further^  That  no  yearly  renewable  term  insurance 
shall  be  reinstated  after  July  2,  1927. 

Sec.  305.  Where  any  person  has  heretofore  allowed  his  insur¬ 
ance  to  lapse,  or  has  canceled  or  reduced  all  or  any  part  of  such 
insurance,  while  suffering  from  a  compensable  disability  for  wlrch 
compensation  was  not  collected  and  dies  or  has  died,  or  becomes  or 


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has  become  permanently  and  totally  disabled  and  at  the  time  of  such 
death  or  permanent  total  disability  was  or  is  entitled  to  compensa¬ 
tion  remaining  uncollected,  then  and  in  that  event  so  much  of  his 
insurance  as  said  uncollected  compensation,  computed  in  all  cases 
at  the  rate  provided  by  section  302  of  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act 
as  amended  December  24,  1919,  would  purchase  if  applied  as  pre¬ 
miums  when  due,  shall  not  be  considered  as  lapsed,  canceled  or  re¬ 
duced;  and  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  is  hereby  authorized 
and  directed  to  pay  to  said  soldier,  or  his  beneficiaries,  as  the  case 
may  be,  the  amount  of  said  insurance  less  the  unpaid  premiums  and 
interest  thereon  at  5  per  centum  per  annum  compounded  annually 
in  installments  as  provided  by  law :  Provided^  That  insurance  here¬ 
after  revived  under  this  section  and  section  309  by  reason  of  perma¬ 
nent  and  total  disability  or  by  death  of  the  insured,  shall  be  paid 
only  to  the  insured,  his  widow,  child  or  children,  dependent  mother 
or  father,  and  in  the  order  named  unless  otherwise  designated  by 
the  insured  during  his  lifetilne  or  by  last  will  and  testament. 

Sec.  306.  The  bureau  is  authorized  to  make  provisions  in 
accordance  with  regulations,  whereby  the  payment  of  premiums 
on  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  and  United  States  Government 
life  insurance  (converted  insurance)  on  the  due  date  thereof  may  be 
waived  and  the  insurance  may  be  deemed  not  to  lapse  in  the  cases 
of  the  following  persons,  to  wit:  (a)  Those  who  are  confined  in 
hospital  under  said  bureau  for  a  compensable  disability  during  the 
period  while  they  are  so  confined;  (b)  those  who  are  rated  as 
temporarily  totally  disabled  by  reason  of  any  injury  or  disease 
entitling  them  to  compensation  during  the  period  of  such  total 
disability  and  while  they  are  so  rated;  (c)  those  who,  vvhile  mentally 
incompetent  and  for  whom  no  legal  guardian  had  been  or  has  been 
appointed,  allowed  or  may  allow  their  insurance  to  lapse  while  such 
rating  is  effective  during  the  period  for  which  they  have  been  or 
hereafter  may  be  so  rated,  or  until  a  guardian  has  notified  the 
bureau  of  his  qualification,  but  not  later  than  six  months  after 
appointment  as  guardian,  the  waiver  in  such  cases  to  be  made  with¬ 
out  application  and  retroactive  when  necessary :  Provided^  That  such 
relief  from  payment  of  premiums  on  yearly  renewable  term  insur¬ 
ance  on  the  due  date  thereof  shall  be  for  full  calendar  months,  be¬ 
ginning  with  the  month  in  which  said  confinement  to  hospital,  tem¬ 
porary  total  disability  rating,  or  in  cases  of  mental  incompetents 
for  v/hom  no  guardian  has  been  appointed  with  the  month  in  which 
such  rating  or  mental  incompetency  began  or  begins  and  ending 
with  that  month  during  the  half  or  major  fraction  of  which  the 
person  is  confined  in  hospital  is  rated  as  temporarily  totally  disabled 
or  had  or  has  no  legal  guardian  while  rated  as  mentally  incompetent 
or  until  a  guardian  has  notified  the  bureau  of  his  qualification,  but 
not  later  than  six  months  after  appointment  as  guardian :  Pro¬ 
vided  further^  That  all  premiums  the  payment  of  which  when  due  is 
waived  as  above  provided  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  5  per 
•  centum  per  annum,  compounded  annually  from  the  due  date  of  each 
premium,  and  if  not  paid  by  the  insured  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
insurance  in  any  settlement  thereunder  or  when  the  same  matures 
either  because  of  permanent  total  disability  or  death:  And  provided 
further^  That  in  the  event  any  lien  or  other  indebtedness  established 


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b}'  this  Act  exists  against  any  policy  of  converted  insurance  in  excess 
oi  the  then  cash  surrender  value  thereof  at  the  time  of  the  termi¬ 
nation  of  such  policy  of  converted  insurance  for  any  reason  other 
than  by  death  or  total  permanent  disability  the  director  is  hereby 
authorized  to  transfer  and  pay  from  the  military  or  naval  insurance 
appropriation  to  the  United  States  Government  life  insurance  fund 
a  sum  equal  to  the  amount  such  lien  or  indebtedness  exceeds  the 
then  cash  surrender  value. 

Sec.  307.  All  such  policies  of  insurance  heretofore  or  hereafter 
issued  shall  be  incontestable  after  the  insurance  has  been  in  force 
six  months  from  the  date  of  issuance  or  reinstatement,  except  for 
fraud  or  nonpayment  of  premiums  and  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
section  23 :  Provided^  That  a  letter  mailed  by  the  bureau  to  the 
insured  at  his  last  known  address  informing*  him  of  the  invalidity 
of  his  insurance  shall  be  deemed  a  contest  within  the  meaning  of 
this  section :  Provided  further^  That  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to 
be  in  effect  as  of  Anril  6,  1917.  • 

Sec.  308.  UTierever  yearly  renewable  term  insurance  or  United 
States  Government  life  (converted)  insurance  has  heretofore  lapsed 
for  the  nonpayment  of  premiums,  and  the  insured  has  forwarded 
to  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau,  not  later  than  the  seventh 
day  of  the  month  following  the  month  for  which  the  unpaid  pre¬ 
mium  was  due,  an  amount  sufficient  to  reinstate  the  insurance  under 
bureau  regulations  heretofore  or  hereafter  issued,  the  director  of 
the  bureau  is  hereb}^  authorized  and  directed  to  reinstate  such  insur¬ 
ance  whenever  it  is  shown  to  his  satisfaction  that  the  insured  was  at 
the  time  of  the  making  of  the  remittance  in  the  state  of  health 
required  by  bureau  regulations. 

Sec.  309.  Where  any  person  allowed  his  insurance  to  lapse  and 
died  after  February  24,  1919,  and  prior  to  collecting  the  $60  bonus 
provided  by  the  Act  of  February  24,  1919  (Fortieth  Statutes  at 
Large,  page  1151),  then  and  in  that  event  his  insurance  shall  not  be 
considered  as  lapsed  during  such  period  as  said  uncollected  bonus 
would,  if  applied  to  the  payment  of  premiums  when  due,  equal 
or  exceed  the  same,  and  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  to  his  beneficiaries  under  said 
policy  the  amount  of  said  insurance,  less  the  premiums  and  interest 
thereon  at  5  per  centum  per  annum,  compounded  annually,  in. 
installments,  as  provided  by  law. 

Title  IV. 

Sec.  400.  That  every  person  who  was  enlisted,  enrolled,  drafted, 
inducted,  or  appointed  in  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States,  including  members  of  training  camps  authorized  by  law  and 
who,  has  resigned  or  has  been  discharged  or  'furloughed  therefrom, 
having  a  disability  incurred,  increased,  or  aggravated  after  April  6, 
1917,  and  before  July  2,  1921,  in  the  military  or  naval  service  and 
not  the  result  of  his  own  willful  misconduct,  while  a  member  of  such 
forces,  or  later  developing  a  disability  traceable  in  the  opinion  of 
the  director  to  service  during  said  period  with  such  forces,  and  not 
the  result  of  his  own  willful  misconduct,  and  who,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  director,  is  in  need  of  vocational  rehabilitation  to  overcome 


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31 


the  handicap  of  such  disability,  shall  be  furnished  by  the  bureau, 
where  vocational  rehabilitation  is  feasible,  such  course  of  vocational 
rehabilitation  as  the  bureau  shall  prescribe  and  provide:  Provided^ 
That  nothing  in  this  section  shall  operate  to  terminate  any  course 
of  vocational  training  heretofore  prescribed  and  actually  commenced 
under  the  Vocational  Rehabilitation  Act  as  originally  enacted  and 
subsequently  amended  where  such  course  was  actually  commenced 
prior  to  the  approval  of  this  Act. 

Sec.  401.  The  bureau  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  its 
duty  until  J une  30,  1926,  to  furnish  the  persons  included  in  section 
400  hereof  suitable  courses  of  vocational  rehabilitation,  to  be  pre¬ 
scribed  and  provided  by  the  bureau;  and  every  person  electing  to 
follow  such  a  course  of  vocational  rehabilitation  shall,  while  following 
the  same,  be  paid  by  the  bureau  monthly  or  semimonthly  as  the 
director  may  prescribe  such  sum  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  director 
is  necessary  for  his  maintenance  and  support  and  for  the  maintenance 
and  support  of  persons  depending  upon  him,  if  any:  Provided^ 
however^  That  in  no  event  shall  the  sum  so  paid  such  person  while 
pursuing  such  course  be  more  than  $80  per  month  for  a  single  man 
without  dependents,  or  for  a  man  with  dependents  $100  per  month 
plus  the  following  family  allowances: 

(a)  If  there  is  a  wife,  but  no  child,  $15. 

(b)  If  there  is  a  wife  and  one  child,  $25,  with  $5  per  month  addi¬ 
tional  for  each  additional  child. 

(c)  If  there  is  no  wife,  but  one  child,  $10. 

(d)  If  there  is  no  wife,  but  two  children,  $15,  with  $5  per  month 
additional  for  each  additional  child. 

That  the  bureau  may  pay,  subject  to  the  conditions  and  limita¬ 
tions  prescribed  by  this  title,  to  all  trainees  undergoing  training 
hereunder,  residing  where  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  s'upport  is 
above  the  average  and  comparatively  high,  in  lieu  of  the  monthly 
payments  for  maintenance  and  support  prescribed  by  this  title,  such 
sum  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  director  is  necessary  for  the  trainee’s 
maintenance  and  support  and  for  the  iiAaintenance  and  support  of 
persons  dependent  upon  him,  if  any:  Provided^  however^  That  in 
no  event  shall  the  sum  so  paid  such  person  while  pursuing  such 
course  be  more  than  $100  per  month  for  a  single  man  without  de¬ 
pendents  or  for  a  man  with  dependents  $120  per  month,  plus  the 
several  sums  prescribed  as  family  allowances  under  this  section: 
Provided  further^  That  payments  for  the  support  and  maintenance 
of  persons  dependent  upon  any  trainee  of  the  bureau  as  provided 
herein  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  director,  be  paid  either  direct 
to  such  dependent  or  dependents  or  to  the  trainee  upon  whom 
they  are  dependent. 

Sec.  402.  That  until  June  30,  1926,  the  courses  of  vocational 
training  provided  for  under  this  Act  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  and 
under  such  conditions  as  the  director  may  prescribe,  be  made  avail¬ 
able  without  cost  for  instruction  for  the  benefit  of  any  person  who 
is  disabled  under  circumstances  entitling  him,  after  discharge  from 
the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  to  compensation 
under  Title  II  hereof  and  who  is  not  included  in  section  400  hereof. 


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Sec.  403.  That  no  person  who  has  been  declared  eligible  for 
training  under  the  provisions  of  this  title,  for  whom  training  has 
been  prescribed,  and  who  has  been  notified  by  the  bureau  to  begin 
training,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  benefits  of  this  title  in  the  event 
of  his  failure  to  commence  training  within  a  reasonable  time  after 
notice  has  been  sent  such  person  by  the  bureau :  Provided  further^ 
That,  except  when  such  failure  is  due,  in  the  opinion  of  the  director, 
to  physical  incapacity,  such  time  shall  not  be  longer  than  twelve 
months  after  notice  shall  have  been  given  for  persons  declared 
eligible  and  notified  to  begin  training:  And  frovided  further.  That 
no  training  shall  be  furnished  to  any  person  under  any  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  title  unless  such  person  shall  actually  commence 
such  training  on  or  before  June  30,  1925. 

Sec.  404.  The  test  of  rehabilitation  shall  be  employability,  to 
be  determined  by  the  director.  The  allowance  for  maintenance 
and  support  provided  by  this  title  shall  be  payable  for  two  months 
after  the  employability  of  the  rehabilitated  person  is  determined, 
and  thereuDon  all  dutv  and  obligation  of  the  United  States  toward 
such  person  with  respect  to  his  vocational  rehabilitation  shall  cease 
and  determine. 

Sec.  405.  That  vocational  training  provided  by  this  Act  shall  be 
granted  to  persons  entitled  under  the  provisions  of  said  title  only 
where  application  therefor  has  been  made  on  or  prior  to  June  30, 
1923. 

Sec.  40G.  That  no  vocational  training  shall  be  granted  after 
June  30,  1926,  and  except  as  provided  by  section  404  hereof,  no 
training  allowance  shall  thereafter  be  paid  to  au}^  person :  Provided^ 
That  any  person  who  is  receiving  placement  training  on  June  30, 
1926,  may  be  continued  in  such  training  to  January  1,  1927,  and  any 
j^erson  receiving  educational  training  in  schools  or  institutions  on 
June  30,  1926,  ma}^  be  continued  in  training  for  not  more  than  two 
years  after  the  passage  of  this  amendatory  Act,  and  may  be  paid 
the  maintenance  and  support  allowance  provided  by  sections  401  and 
404  hereof.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section  the  unexpended  balance 
of  the  appropriation  for  vocational  rehabilitation  for  the  fiscal  year, 
1926,  shall  be  available. 

Sec.  407.  The  director  is  authorized  to  make  provisions  by  regu¬ 
lation  whereby  trainees  of  the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau 
who  have  successfully  completed  their  courses  or  such  part  of  their 
courses  as  enables  them  to  enter  employment  or  business  in  line  with 
their  training  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  such  equipment,  supplies, 
and  books  as  the  director  tnay  by  regulation  prescribe. 

Title  V. — Penalties. 


Sec.  500.  Except  in  the  event  of  legal  proceedings  under  section 
19  of  Title  I  of  this  Act,  no  claim  agent  or  attorne}^  except  the 
recognized  representatives  of  the  American  Bed  Cross,  the  American 
Legion,  the  Disabled  American  Veterans,  and  Veterans  of  Foreign 
Wars,  and  such  other  organizations  as  shall  be  approved  by  the 
director  shall  be  recognized  in  the  presentation  or  adjudication  of 
claims  under  Titles  II,  III,  and  IV  of  this  Act,  and  payment  to 
any  attorney  or  agent  for  such  assistance  as  may  be  required  in  the 


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33 


preparation  and  execution  of  the  necessary  papers  in  any  application 
to  the  bureau  shall  not  exceed  $10  in  any  one  case:  Provided^ 
however y  That  wherever  a  judgment  or  decree  shall  be  rendered 
in  an  action  brought  pursuant  to  section  19  of  Title  I  of  this  Act 
the  court,  as  a  part  of  its  judgment  or  decree,  shall  determine  and 
allow  reasonable  fees  for  the  attorneys  of  the  successful  party  or 
parties  and  apportion  same  if  proper,  said  fees  not  to  exceed  10  per 
centum  of  the  amount  recovered  and  to  be  paid  by  the  bureau  out 
of  the  payments  to  be  made  under  the  judgment  or  decree  at  a  rate 
not  exceeding  one-tenth  of  each  of  such  payments  until  paid.  Any 
person  who  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  solicit,  contract  for,  charge, 
or  receive,  or  who  shall  attempt  to  solicit,  contract  for,  charge,  or 
receive  any  fee  or  compensation,  except  as  herein  provided,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  for  each  and  every  offense  shall  be 
punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $500  or  by  imprisonment  at 
hard  labor  for  not  more  than  two  years,  or  b}^  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment. 

Sec.  501.  That  whoever  in  any  claim  for  compensation,  insurance, 
or  maintenance  and  support  allowance,  or  in  any  document  required 
by  this  Act,  or  by  regulation  made  under  this  Act,  makes  any 
sworn  statement  of  a  material  fact  knowing  it  to  be  false,  shall 
be  guilty  of  perjury  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  $5,000  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  two  years,  or 
both. 

Sec.  502.  That  if  any  person  entitled  to  payment  of  compensation, 
or  maintenance  and  support  allowance  under  this  Act,  whose  right 
to  such  pa3nient  under  this  Act  ceases  upon  the  happening  of  any 
contingency,  thereafter  fraudulently  accepts  any  such  pa^unent,  he 
shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $2,h00  or  by  imprison¬ 
ment  for  not  more  than  one  J^ear,  or  both. 

Sec.  503.  That  whoever  shall  obtain  or  receive  any  money,  check, 
compensation,  insurance,  or  maintenance  and  support  allowance 
under  the  War  Kisk  Insurance  Act  as  amended,  the  Vocational 
Rehabilitation  Act  as  amended,  or  the  World  War  Veterans’  Act, 
1924,  and  any  amendments  thereto_ without  being  entitled  to  the  same, 
and  with  intent  to  defraud  the  United  States  or  any  beneficiary  of 
the  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  $2,000  or  by  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one 
3^ear,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  504.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  make  or  cause  to  be 
made,  or  conspire,  combine,  aid,  or  assist  in,  agree  to,  arrange  for, 
or  in  any  wise  procure  the  making  or  presentation  of  a  false  or 
fraudulent  affidavit,  declaration,  certificate,  statement,  voucher,  or 
paper,  or  writing  purporting  to  be  such,  concerning  any  claim  or  the 
approval  of  any  claim  for  compensation  or  maintenance  and  support 
allowance,  or  the  payment  of  any  money,  for  himself  or  for  any 
other  person,  under  Titles  II  or  IV  hereof,  shall  forfeit  ail  rights, 
claims,  and  benefits  under  said  titles,  and,  in  addition  to  any  and 
all  other  penalties  imposed  by  law,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor 
and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more 
than  $1,000  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  one  }^ear,  or  by  both 
such  fine  and  imprisonment,  for  each  such  offense. 


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Sec.  505.  Every  guardian,  curator,  conservator,  committee,  or 
person  legally  vested  with  the  responsibility  or  care  of  the  claimant 
or  his  estate,  having  charge  and  custody  in  a  fiduciary  capacity  of 
money  paid,  under  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act  as  amended,  or 
under  the  World  War  Veterans’  Act,  1924,  for  the  benefit  of  any 
minor  or  incompetent  claimant,  who  shall  embezzle  the  same  in 
violation  of  his  trust  or  fraudulently  convert  the  same  to  his  own 
use,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  $2,000  or  imprisonment 
at  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  exceeding  five  years,  or  both. 

Sec.  506.  The  provisions  of  this  title  shall  be  applicable  to  the 
administration  of  this  Act  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

Title  VI. — Miscellaneous  Provisions. 

Sec.  600.  The  following  Acts  are  hereby  repealed,  subject  to  the 
limitations  provided  in  section  602  of  this  title : 

(1)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  authorize  the  establishment  of  a 
Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance  in  the  Treasury  Department,” 
approved  September  2,  1914. 

(2)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  Wn  Act 
to  authorize  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance  in 
the  Treasury  Department,’  approved  September  2,  1914,”  approved 
August  11,  1916. 

(3)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  ‘An  Act  to 
authorize  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance  in 
the  Treasury  Department,’  approved  September  2,  1914,”  approved 
March  3,  1917. 

(4)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  ‘An  Act  to 
authorize  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance  in 
the  Treasury  Department,’  approved  September  2,  1914,  and  for 
other  purposes,”  approved  June  12,  1917. 

(5)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  ‘An  Act  to 
authorize  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  War  Risk  Insurance  in 
the  Treasury  Department,’  approved  September  2,  1914,  and  for 
other  purposes,”  approved  October  6,  1917 ;  saving  and  excepting 
from  repeal  sections  313  and  314  of  Article  III  of  said  Act. 

(6)  An  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  amend  the  War  Risk  Insurance 
Act,”  approved  July  11,  1918. 

Sec.  601.  That  the  following  Acts  are  hereby  repealed.  The  sec¬ 
tions  of  this  codification  herein  applicable  thereto  shall  be  in  force 
in  lieu  thereof,  subject  to  the  limitations  contained  in  this  title. 

(1)  The  War  Risk  Insurance  Act  as  amended. 

(2)  The  Vocational  Rehabilitation  Act  as  amended. 

(3)  The  Act  entitled  “An  Act  to  establish  a  Veterans’  Bureau  and 
to  improve  the  facilities  and  service  of  such  bureau,  and,  further,  to 
amend  and  modify  the  War  Risk  Insurance  Act.” 

Sec.  602.  The  repeal  of  the  several  Acts  as  provided  in  sections 
600  and  601  hereof  shall  not  affect  any  act  done  or  any  right  or 
liability  accrued,  or  any  suit  commenced  before  the  said  repeal,  but 
all  such  rights  and  liabilities  under  said  Acts  shall  continue  and  may 
be  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  if  said  repeal  had  not  been  made; 
nor  shall  said  repeal  in  any  manner  affect  the  right  to  any  office 
or  change  the  term  or  tenure  thereof. 


THE  WORLD  WAR  VETERANS  ’  ACT,  1924 


35 


Sec.  603.  All  offenses  committed  and  all  penalties  or  forfeiture 
incurred  under  any  law  embraced  in  this  codification  prior  to  said 
repeal  may  be  prosecuted  and  punished  in  the  same  manner  and 
with  the  same  effect  as  if  said  repeal  had  not  been  made. 

Sec.  604.  All  Acts  of  limitation,  whether  applicable  to  civil  causes 
and  proceedings  or  to  the  prosecution  of  offenses  embraced  in  this 
codification  and  covered  by  said  repeal,  shall  not  be  affected  thereby, 
but  all  suits,  proceedings,  or  prosecutions,  whether  civil  or  criminal, 
for  causes  arising  or  acts  done  or  committed  prior  to  said  repeal, 
may  be  commenced  and  prosecuted  within  the  same  tim.e  as  if  said 
repeal  had  not  been  made. 

Sec.  605.  That  if  any  clause,  section,  paragraph,  or  part  of  this 
Act  shall  for  any  reason  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competvsnt 
jurisdiction  to  be  invalid,  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair, 
or  invalidate  the  remainder  of  this  Act  but  shall  be  confined  in  its 
operation  to  the  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  or  part  thereof  directly 
involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  such  judgment  has  been 
rendered. 


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INDEX 


Accrued  installments - 

Accrued  rights  and  liabilities - 

Action  against  the  United  States - 

Action  against  the  United  States  commenced  before  June  7,  1924 _ 

Active  service : 

Application  for  insurance  while  in _ 

Compensation _ 

Disability  contracted  in _ 

Induction _ 

Insurance _ 

Pay  as  affecting  compensation _ 

Provisional  acceptance  status  deiined _ 

Acts  of  limitation _ 

Acts,  repealed _ 


Adjudication _ 

Adjudication,  by  regional  and  subdistrict  offices 

Adoption _ 

Affidavit : 

False,  punishable  by  fine  or  imprisonment- 

Personnel  designated  to  take _ 

Aggravation : 

After  induction  before  final  acceptance _ 


Preexisting  injury  or  disease. 


Agitans  (paralysis) - 

Alien  enemy,  discharge  of _ 

Allies,  benefits  allowed  discharged  ex-service  men  who  were 
Allotment,  of  compensation  by  patients  in  hospital _ 


Allowance : 


Claims,  false  statement  regarding. 
For  maintenance  and  support _ 

Fraudulent,  acceptance  of _ 


Maximum  to  trainees  with  and  without  dependents _ 

Payable  trainee,  after  rehabilitation _ 

Barred,  reasons  for _ 

Training,  direontinued  after  June  30,  1926 _ 

Widow  of  Civil  or  Spanish  War  or  Philipxune  Insurrection^ _ 

American  Legion,  representatives  of _ 

American  Red  Cross,  representatives  of _ 

Amoebic  dysentery ; 

Presumed  service  connection _ 

Treatment,  when  not  service  connected _ 

Annual  report : 

Private  gifts _ 

Specific  directions  for _ 

Appliances : 

Provided  disabled  ex-service  men  (prosthetic) _ 

Supplied  allied  ex-service  men _ 

Application : 

Compensation  and  treatment _ 


{ 


Enlistments  entitling  to  benefits _ 

For  benefits  within  one  year  after  injury  or  death  due  to  hos¬ 
pitalization  or  training _ 

For  training _ 

For  insurance _ 


Setc. 

26 

602 

19 

602 


300 

200 

SOI 

24 

soo 

212 

25 
604 
600 
601 

5 

7 
3 

501 

8 


24 

200 

213 

213 

23 

202 

202 

501 
401 

502 

503 
401 
404 

23 

406 

314 

500 

500 

200 

202 

12 

14 

202 

202 


203 

213 

25 


213 

405 

301 


Page 

10 

34 

7 

34 

24 

11 

28 

9 

24 

22 

10 

34 

34 

34 

2 

3 

1 

33 

O 


9 

11 

22 

22 

9 

14 

14 

83 

31 

33 

33 

31 

32 
9 

32 

24 

32 

32 

11 

14 


6 

14 

14 

20 

22 

10 

22 

32 

25 


MV.  R.  I.  Act, 


37 


38 


INDEX 


Application — Continued. 

For  insurance  within  120  days _ 

Preparation  of,  by  attorney _ 

Time  for  filing  comi>ensation _ 

Apportionment : 

Compensation _ 

Maintenance  and  support  allowance 
Appropriation  : 

Military  and  naval  insurance _ 

Transfer  to  Veterans’  Bureau _ 

Unexpended  sums _ 

Vocational  training _ 


{ 

{ 


Army  Nurse  Corps : 

Comi>ensation  in  lieu  of  employment  compensation  act 

Entitled  to  insurance _ 

Arrest  on  hospital  reservations _ 

Arrested  tuberculosis,  compensation  $50  monthly _ 

Articles,  made  by  patients,  disposal  of _ 

Artificial  limbs  furnished  by  the  bureau _ 

Assignment  of  benefits  not  permitted _ 

Assignment  of  converted  insurance _ 

Assignment  of  right  of  action _ 

Attorney  General,  opinion  of _ 

Attorney’s  fees _ 


{ 


Aunts,  beneficiaries _ 

Average  reduction  in  earning  capacity _ 

Award  of  compensation : 

Effective  date  of _ 

Reduction  of _ 

Bedridden _ 

Beneficiaries,  permitted  class  for  insurance _ 

Beneficiaries,  women _ 

Benefits,  provisional  acceptance  in  military  and  naval  forces  within 
period  named  entitles  to _ 


Blindness,  comi>ensation  for. 


Bonus,  uncollected,  applied  as  premium  on  lapsed  insurance  where 

death  occurs  after  February  24,  1919 _ 

Boxer  rebellion,  treatment  of  veterans  of _ 

Brother,  beneficiary _ 

Brother-in-law,  beneficiary _ 

Buildings,  United  States,  under  control  of  bureau,  lease  of _ 

Burial  expenses _ 

Care,  medical  and  convalescent _ 


{ 


Cash  value,  insurance _ 

Chief  officer  of  hospital,  payment  compensation  to _ 

Child,  additional  maintenance  and  support  allowance  for 

Adopted _ 

Compensation  apportioned _ 

Comi>ensation  for — 

In  case  of  death  of  soldier _ 

In  case  of  disability  of  soldier _ 

Illegitimate _ 

Insurance  payable  to _ ; _ 

Legitimate _ 

Stepchild _ 

Unmarried  and  under  18  years _ 

Civil  service : 

Employees  shall  be  appointed  from  list  of - 

Exceptions  on  approval  of  President - 


Sec. 

Page 

300 

24 

500 

32 

209 

21 

205 

20 

201 

12 

202 

14 

401 

31 

302 

27 

15 

6 

16 

6 

15 

6 

12 

5 

13 

5 

211 

22 

300 

24 

208 

21 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

22 

8 

22 

8 

313 

23 

9 

4 

19 

7 

500 

32 

300 

24 

202 

14 

205 

20 

205 

20 

202 

14 

300 

24 

200 

11 

25 

10 

2CK) 

11 

202 

14 

309 

30 

202 

14 

300 

24 

300 

24 

29 

10 

201 

12 

10 

4 

202 

14 

23 

9 

202 

14 

401 

31 

3 

1 

201 

12 

201 

12 

202 

14 

3 

1 

300 

24 

3 

1 

3 

1 

o 

O 

1 

4  2 

4  2 


INDEX 


39 


Claim :  Sec. 

Adjudication'  by  field  offices _  7 

Against  United  States _  19 

Compensation,  claims  for _ _ _  209 

Examination  of _  8 

Extension  of  time  in  which  to  apply _  209 

False  statement  as  to _  501 

Retroactive _  210 


Time  for  filing _  209-405 

Claim  agents,  recognition  of _  500 

Clothing,  necessary,  furnished  indigent  hospital  patients _  202 

Coast  Guard _  3 

Commissioned  officer : 


Death  or  disability,  compensation _ 

Definition  of _ 

May  apply  for  insurance _ 

Commissioner,  United  States _ 

Commitment,  insane,  court  cost  allowed _ 

Ccmpensatiofi : 

Additional,  on  account  of  death  of  more  than  one  person 

Allotment  of,  by  patients  in  hospital _ 

Allo-wance  for  nurse  or  attendant _ 

Amount  of,  for  nurse  or  attendant _ 

Application  for _ 


Apportionment- 


Army  Nurse  Corps  (female) _ 

Arrested  tuberculosis,  $50  monthly _ 

Artificial  limbs _ 

Award _ 

Award,  predated  for  one  year,  prior  to  claim 

Barred,  reasons  for _ 

Beneficiaries _ 


Benefits  of,  allowed  for  disabilities  specified _ 

Burial  expenses _ 

Cliief  officer  of  hospital  for  insane  patients _ 

Death _ 

Funeral  expenses _ 

Inflicted  as  piniishment _ 

Officially  recorded _ 

Resulting  from  injury  officially  recorded _ 

Return  of  body  to  home _ 

Within  five  years  after _ 

Within  one  year  after  discharge _ 

Decreased,  may  be  in  accord  with  facts _ 

Deduction  for  gross  dissipation  in  hospital _ 

Disability — 

Caused  by  own  wilful  misconduct _ 

Disability — double  permanent  total _ 

Not  occurring  within  one  year  after  discharge _ 

Resulting  from  failure  to  submit  to  surgical  treatment _ 

Total  and  helpless _ : _ 

Disabled  person  and  wife _ 

Discharge — ■ 

Death  before,  funeral  expenses _ 

Death  or  disability  one  year  after _ 

Time  for  filing  claims  after _ 

Earning  capacity  affecting _ 

Effective  date  of  reduction  or  termination _ _ 

Enlisted  men,  death  or  disability _ 

Examination,  persons  in  i*ecoipt  of,  must  submit  to _ 

Failure  or  neglect  to  submit  to  examination _ 

Father,  amount  of,  for,  in  case  of  death _ 

Foreign  governments,  medical  services  and  transportation  fur¬ 
nished,  discharged  member  of _ 

Federal  employee’s  liability,  in  lieu  of _ 


200 

3 

300 

208 

202 

201 

202 

202 

202 

209 
201 
202 
200 
202 
202 
205 

210 
23 

201 

200 

201 

202 

201 

201 

23 

207 
203 
201 
209 

208 
205 
202 


200 
202 
203 
*  204 
202 
202 

201 

206 

209 

202 

202 

205 

200 

203 

203 

201 


202 

212 


Page 

3 

7 

21 

3 

21 

33 

21 

21-32 

32 

14 

1 

11 

1 

24 

21 

14 

12 

14 

14 

14 

21 

12 

14 

11 

14 

14 

20 

21 

9 

12 

11 

12 

14 

12 

12 

9 

21 

21 

12 

21 

21 

20 

14 

11 

14 

21 

20 

14 

14 

12 

21 

21 

14 

14 

20 

11 

20 

20 

12 

14 

14 


INDEX 


Compensation — Continued. 

For  no  period  more  than  one  year  prior  to  date  of  claim _ 

Frauds _ 

Gratuities,  while  receiving - 

Gross  dissipation  may  prevent  payment  of - 

Hospital  service _ 

Husband,  of  injured  person,  compensation  for _ 

Increased,  payable  six  months  prior  to  claim _ 

Injury,  death  from _ 

Injury  received  during  treatment,  hospitalization,  or  voca¬ 
tional  training _ 

In  receipt  of  retirement  pay _ 

Insane — 

Inability  to  make  claim,  extension  of  time _ 

Permanently,  no  dependents,  amount  of _ 

Insanity  of  adult  child _ 

Marriage  of  widow,  terminates _ 

Medical,  surgical,  hospital  service,  in  addition  to _ 

Military  offenses,  death  inflicted  for,  not  payable _ 

Minor,  time  extension _ 

Missing  men _ 

Monthly  rate  of,  for  veterans  hospitalized _ 

Mother,  amount  of,  for _ 

Nurse  or  attendant _ ; _ 

Nurse  Corps _ 

Paid  to  guardian _ 

Partial  and  temporary _ 

Payments  to  guardian,  suspended _ 

Pension  or  gratuity _ 

Recovery  of  pajmients  not  permitted _ 

Refusal  to  submit  to  examination,  consequences  of _ 

Retroactive,  in  cases  of  fraud,  reduction  to  be _ 


{ 

{ 


Permanent  total,  right  to  prove _ 

Proximate  cause _ 

Ratings,  schedule  of _ 

Reduction  in,  effective  date  of _ 

Retirement  pay,  while  in  receipt  of _ 

Review  of  award _ 

Right  to — 

Barred _ 

Forfeited _ 

Suspended _ 

Semimonthly  payments _ 

Sound  condition _ 

Suspended,  refusing  or  neglecting  to  submit  to  examination _ 

Temporary  total  disability,  amount  of _ 

Termination  of _ 

Time  for  filing  claims _ _ _ 

Total  and  permanent  disability _ 

Traveling  expenses,  persons  submitting  to  medical  examina¬ 
tion _ 

Treatment,  refusal  to  submit _ 

Tuberculosis,  arrested  after  hospitalization _ 

Tuberculosis,  not  arrested  after  hospitalization _ 

Unassignable,  not  subject  to  claims  of  creditors,  exempt  from 

taxation _ 

Uncollected,  applied  as  premiums _ 

Wheeled  chairs,  supplied  by  bureau _ 

Widow _ 


Widower,  beneficiary 
Wife _ 


Willful  failure  to  follow  course  of  treatment 
Willful  misconduct,  death  or  disability _ 


Sec. 

Page 

210 

21 

500 

32 

212 

22 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

210 

21 

201 

12 

213 

22 

212 

22 

209 

21 

202 

14 

201 

12 

201 

12 

202 

14 

23 

9 

209 

21 

207 

21 

202 

14 

201 

12 

202 

14 

200 

11 

21 

8 

202 

14 

21 

8 

201 

12 

27 

10 

25; 

10 

204 

20 

205 

20 

210 

21 

202 

14 

203 

21 

202 

14 

2m 

20 

210 

21 

212 

22 

205 

20 

23 

9 

504 

33 

203 

20 

202 

14 

200 

11 

203 

20 

202 

14 

201 

12 

209 

21 

202 

14 

203 

20 

203 

20 

202 

14 

202 

14 

22 

8 

305 

28 

202 

14 

201 

12 

201 

12 

202 

14 

204 

20 

200 

11 

INDEX 


41 


Comptroller  General  authorized  to  allow  credit  for  insurance 

installments - - 

Confidential  files - - - 

Confined  in  hospital,  premiums,  waiver  of - - - 


Conscientious  objector. 


Conservator _ 

Contract  hospitals _ _ 

Contract  nurses _ 

Contract  nurses,  hospitalization  of,  and  compensation  for _ 

Contracts,  with  State,  municipal,  and  private  hospitals _ 

Convalescent  care _ 

Conversion  of  term  insurance  prior  to  July  2,  1927 _ 

Copy  (certified)  of  bureau  records,  as  evidence _ 

Court  cost,  payment  of,  fee  commitment  of  insane  patients _ 

Court  costs  and  other  expenses  incident  to  appointment  or  removal 
of  guardian _ 

Court-martial  trial,  discharge  as  result  of _ 

Creditors,  benefits  not  subject  to  claims  of _ 

Crime,  death  inflicted  for _ 

Crime,  offense  against  United  States - ^ _ 

Curator _ 


{ 


{ 

{ 


Deafness,  total,  rating  of _ 

Death  : 

Burial  expenses _ 

Compensation,  beneficiaries _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

Compensation  for _ 

Inflicted  as  punishment _ 

Injury  or  disease,  causing  compensation  for _ 

Injury,  result  of  training,  hospitalization,  or  treatment,  result¬ 
ing  in - - - 

Record  (official) _ 

Resulting  from  hospitalization,  treatment  or  training _ 

While  receiving  compensation  or  vocational  training,  benefits 

allowed _ 

Within  one  year  after  discharge _ : _ 

Within  five  years  after _ 

Decedent,  accrued  payments  due  to  escheat  to  United  States _ 

Payable  to  personal  representative _ 

Decentralization _ 

Deduction  of  compensation  for  gross  dissipation  in  hospital _ 

Definitions _ 

Defraud _ 

Delegation  of  authority _ 

Dental  care _ 

Dependency : 

Husband  of  an  insane  person _ 

Must  arise  within  five  years  after  death  of  soldier _ 

Parents _ _ _ 

Parents  of  insane  patient _ _ 

Deserter,  discharged  on  ground  of,  terminates  rights _ 

Desertion,  bars  rights  to _ 

Designation  of  beneficiary _ 

D<'tailed  clerks,  to  make  examination _ 

Director : 

Jurisdiction,  salary,  etc _ 

Power  and  authority _ 

Veterans’  Bureau,  duties  and  powers  of _ 


{ 


{ 


See. 


18 

30 
306 

23 

31 
505 

21 

202 

201 

202 

10 

202 

301 

30 

202 


21 

23 

203 

22 

23 

23 

21 

505 

202 

201 

201 

200 

23 

200 

201 

213 

207 

213 

201 

206 

209 

26 

303 

26 

7 

202 

5 

202 

21 

201 

201 

21 

23 

23 

300 

8 

4 

5 
11 


Page 

7 

11 

29 

9 

11 

34 

8 
14 
12 
14 

4 

14 

25 

11 

14 

8 

9 

20 

8 

9 

9 

8 

34 

14 

12 

12 

11 

9 

11 

12 

22 

21 

22 

12 

21 

21 

10 

27 

10 

8 

14 

1 

33 

2 

14 

8 

12 

12 

8 

9 

9 

24 

3 


5 


42 


INDEX 


Disability : 

Compensation  for _ 

Compensation,  one  year  after  discharge _ : _ 

Permanent  total,  insurance,  conversion _ 

Physical,  extension  of  time  to  begin  training,  on  account  of _ 

Proof  of  service  origin _ 

Resulting  from  hospitalization,  treatment,  or  training _ 

Resulting  from  injury  shown  at  time  of  discharge _ 

vService  connected _ 

Temporary  total  amount  of  compensation _ 

TemporaiT  total  premiums  waived _ 

Total  permanent,  insurance  against _ 

Within  one  year  after  discharge _ _ 

Disabled  American  veterans,  representatives  of _ 

Discharge : 

Alienage _ 

Alien  enemy _ 

Application  before _ 

Death  before,  funeral  expenses  allowed _ 

Death  or  disability,  one  year  after _ _ 

Time  for  filing  claims  after _ 

Diseases,  list  of,  treated  without  reference  to  origin _ 

Disease  or  injury,  after  induction,  before  final  acceptance  and  com¬ 
pensation _ 

Dismissal  of  alien  enemy _ 

Dissipation,  gross,  payment  of  compensation  withheld  because  of _ 

District  court _ 

Documents : 

False  statements  in _ 

Producing  of,  can  be  compelled  by  subpoenas _ 

Donations,  for  vocational  training _ 

Double  total  permanent,  compensation  in  case  of _ 

Due  date,  waiver  of  premiums,  insurance _ 

Duties  of  employees _ 

Dysentery,  amoebic,  presumption  of  service  connection,  rebuttable _ 

Earning  capacity,  partial  and  temporary  disability _ 

Ears,  loss  of  both _ 

Effective  date : 

Death  or  disability,  compensation _ 

Reduction  of  compensation  first  day  of  third  calendar  month _ 

Effects,  personal,  loss  of  by  fire  while  beneficiary  is  hospitalized _ 

Embezzlement _ 

Emergency  treatment,  reimbursement  for _ 

Employability,  test  of  rehabilitation _ 

Encephalitis  lethargica : 

Presumption  of  service  connection  rebuttable _ 

Treatment  for,  when  not  service  connected _ 

Endowment,  conversion  of  ordinary  life  into _ 

Enemy  alien _ _ 

Enlisted  men : 

Death  or  disability,  compensation _ 

Definition  of _ 

Entitled  to  apply  for  insurance _ 

Enlistment,  application  after_^ _ 

Enlistment  or  induction _ 

Equipment,  surplus,  disposition  of _ 

Escheat  to  United  States,  insurance  term,  compensation  accrued 
maintenance,  support,  no  beneficiary _ 

Estate,  no  survivors,  paid  to _ 

Evidence,  compel  submission  of _ 

Proofs,  rules  governing _ 


{ 


{ 

{ 


Sec. 

Page 

202 

14 

206 

21 

301 

25 

403 

32 

304 

28 

213 

22 

206 

21 

200 

11 

202 

14 

306 

29 

300 

24 

206 

21 

500 

32 

31 

11 

23 

9 

300 

24 

201 

12 

206 

21 

23 

9 

209 

21 

200 

11 

24 

9 

23 

9 

202 

14 

8 

3 

500 

32 

8 

3 

12 

5 

202 

14 

306 

29 

5 

2 

200 

11 

202 

14 

202 

14 

200 

11 

205 

20 

31 

11 

505 

34 

202 

14 

404 

32 

200 

11 

202 

14 

301 

25 

23 

9 

200 

11 

3 

1 

300 

24 

300 

24 

3 

1 

29 

10 

26 

10 

303 

27 

26 

10 

303 

27 

8 

3 

5 

2 

INDEX 


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Examination : 

Clerks  detailed  for - 

Persons  claiming  compensation  or  treatment - 

Physical — 

Exemption  from  for  insurance - 

Per  diem  of  $2.65  when  reporting  for - 

Persons  in  receipt  of  compensation  must  submit  to _ 

Excess  mortality,  United  States  to  bear  expense  of - 

Executive  officer  of  insane  asjdum - 

Experts,  appointed  by  director - 

Exioenses : 

Burial - 

Claimants,  account  of  examination _ 

Court  costs _ 

Funeral _ _ _ 

Traveling  and  hospitalization _ 

Eyes,  loss  of  both _ 

False  statements,  punishment  for - 

Father : 

Amount  of  compensation,  death  of  son _ 

Compensation  for  temporary  total  disability  of  son _ 

Federal  employee’s  liability,  compensation  in  lieu  of _ 

Fees  and  mileage  of  witnesses _ 

Fees,  attorneys  or  claim  agents _ 

Feet,  loss  of  both _ 

Field  offices,  number  of _ 

Files,  records,  documents,  disclosure  of _ 

Fire,  loss  of  personal  effects  of  hospitalized  beneficiaries _ 

Flag  to  drape  casket - 

Foreign  governments,  medical  services  and  transportation  fur¬ 
nished  beneficiaries  of _ 

Forfeiture  of  compensation _ ^ _ 

Iforms  of  applications _ 

Foster  parent - - - 

Frauds : 

Compensation _ 

Punishment  for _ 

Fund ; 

Military  and  naval  appropriation _ 

Reserve _ 

Revolving _ 

Special  fund,  for  vocational  rehabilitation _ 

Unexpended  _ 

United  States  Government  life  insurance _ 

Funds  in  Treasury  in  trust  for  mentally  incompetent _ 

Funeral  expenses,  veteran  of  any  war _ 

Gifts,  receipt  of,  from  private  sources _ 

Good  conduct,  patients  in  hospitals,  promotion  of _ 

Government  hospital,  preference  for  admission  to _ 

Grandchild _ 

Permitted  class _ 

Gratuities : 

Compensation  while  receiving _ 

Persons  receiving  may  not  receive  compensation _ 

Guardians : 

Court  costs  and  other  expenses  incident  to  appointment  or 

removal _ 

Failure  to  perform  duties  under  guardianship _ 

Guardians _ 

Limitation  of  the  number  of  wards  who  may  be  served _ 

Payments  to,  suspended _ 

Waiver  of  insurance  premiums  pending  appointment  of _ 

Hands,  loss  of  both _ _ _ 

Hazards  of  war,  mortality  and  disability  resulting  from _ 

Hearings,  authority  to  conduct _ 

Home  treatment  of  tuberculosis  diseases _ 

Hospitalization,  compensation  rates  after  June  30,  1027 _ _ 


Bsc. 

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20 

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24 

203 

20 

203 

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303 

27 

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4 

2 

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203 

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202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

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14 

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5 

5 

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1 

210 

21 

502 

33 

302 

27 

17 

6 

13 

5 

12 

5 

15 

6 

17 

6 

21 

8 

201 

12 

12 

5 

11 

5 

202 

14 

O 

O 

1 

300 

24 

212 

22 

202 

14 

21 

8 

21 

8 

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505 

34 

21 

8 

21 

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306 

20 

202 

14 

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202 

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14 

202 

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44 


INDEX 


Hospitals : 

Confined  in,  premium  waived  in  case  of _ 

Contract _ 

Reimbursement  of  beneficiaries  for  loss  of  personal  effects  by 

fire  while  in  hospital _ 

State,  municipal,  private  contracts  with _ 

Transfer  of _ 

Women  who  served  in  base  hospitals  overseas _ 

Hospitalization : 

Contract  nurses _ 

Emergency  reimbursement  for _ 

*  Furnished  any  veteran  discharged  since  1897 _ 

Indigent  patients  are  furnished  necessary  clothing _ 

Husband,  of  injured  person,  compensation  for _ 

Illegitimate  children _ 

Impairment  of  earning  capacity _ 

Imprisonment : 

Claim  agent _ 

False  statements _ 

Frauds _ 

Intent  to  defraud - 

In  loco  parentis _ 

Incompetents _ 

Limitation  of  the  number  served  by  one  guardian _ 

Incontestability,  insurance,  term  and  converted _ 

Inducted  man  not  accepted  for  service _ 

Induction : 

Before  final  acceptance  effecting  compensation  and  insurance _ 

By  local  draft  board _ _ _ 

Provisional  acceptance _ 

Induction  or  enlistment _ ; - 

Injury : 

Compensation  for  disability  from _ 

Death  from,  compensation  beneficiaries _ 

Includes  disease _ 

Ofliciaily  recorded _ 

Result  of  training,  hospitalization,  treatment _ 

Insane : 

Commitment  of _ 

Compensation  for _ 

Inability  to  make  claim,  extension  of  time _ 

Payments  to  chief  of  hospitals _ 

Waiver  of  insurance  premiums _ 

Insanity  of  child,  compensation  continues  after  18  years  of  age _ 

Inspectors,  appointment  of - 

Instruction,  courses  of,  for  professional  personnel _ 

Insurance : 

Active  service,  must  be  in,  to  be  entitled  to _ 

Additional  two  years  to  convert,  total  and  permanent  disa¬ 
bility  cases _ 

American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality - 

Amount  of _ 

Application,  after  induction,  before  final  acceptance _ 

Application,  within  120  days - 

Army  Nurse  Corps - 

Application  of  member  of  reserve  forces  while  attending  train¬ 
ing  camp _ 

Aunts _ 

Awards  on  converted  policies - 

Beneficiary — 

Designation  of _ 

Death  of _ 

None,  escheat  to  United  States _ 


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306 

29 

202 

14 

31 

11 

10 

4 

10 

4 

200 

11 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

202 

14 

3 

1 

202 

14 

500 

32 

501 

33 

502 

33 

503 

33 

3 

1 

21 

8 

201 

12 

209 

21 

21 

8 

307 

SO 

24 

9 

25 

10 

24 

9 

24 

9 

24 

9 

3 

1 

200 

11 

201 

12 

3 

1 

206 

21 

213 

22 

202 

14 

202 

14 

209 

21 

202 

14 

306 

29 

201 

12 

4 

2 

33 

11 

300 

24 

301 

25 

300 

24 

300 

24 

24 

9 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

17 

6 

300 

24 

303 

27 

303 

27 

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Insurance — Continued. 

Benefits  prior  to  final  acceptance - 

Brother _ _ 

Brother-in-law - 

Cash  value _ 

Child,  beneficiary - 

Commissioned  officer - 

Converted _ _ _ 

Dependents,  for  protection  of - 

Disability — 

Benefits,  transfer  of  funds _ 

Total  permanent,  insurance  against _ 

Permanent  total  conversion _ 

Discharge,  application  before _ ^ - - 

Endowment  converted  into _ 

Discontinuance  of - 

Enlisted  men - 

Enlistment,  application  after _ 

Examination,  exemption  from _ 

Estate — 

No  survivors,  paid  to _ 

Grandchild _ 

Hazards  of  war,  mortality  and  disability,  resulting  from 

Induction  by  local  draft  board _ 

Incontestable  after  six  months _ _ 

Intestacy,  distribution _ 

Lapsed,  while  entitled  to  compensation _ 

Lien  or  indebtedness  on _ 

Local  draft  board,  induction  by _ 

Maturity,  provisions  for  at  certain  ages _ 

Medical  examination,  granted  without _ 

Navy  Nurse  Corps _ 

Nephews _ 

Nieces _ 


One  hundred  and  twenty  days,  application  within _ 

Optional  settlement _ 

Ordinary  life,  converted  into _ 

Parent _ 

Payments,  disposition  of,  in  case  no  beneficiary  survives  in¬ 
sured  _ 

Pay  or  deposit  premiums  from _ 

Permitted  class  of  beneficiaries _ 

Policies,  incontestable  after  six  months,  except  for  fraud _ 

Premiums — 

Back,  interest  5  per  cent  per  annum _ 

Payment  of _ 

Covered  into  Treasury _ 


Granted  upon  payment  of _ 

Waiver  of _ 

Regulations,  Conversion _ 

Reinstatement,  physical  condition _ 

Reserve  fund _ 

Reserve  value _ 

Residence,  place  of _ 

Right  of  election,  payment  of  proceeds _ _ _ 

Sister _ _ 

Sister-in-law _ _ _ 

Termination  of,  for  reasons  specified _ 

Term  until  converted _ 

Time,  extension  of,  to  convert _ 

Total  permanent  disability _ 

Total  permanent  disability  ceases,  additional  two  years  to  con¬ 
vert _ 


{ 


Unassignable,  except  within  permitted  class 


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300 

24 

300 

24 

23 

9 

300 

24 

300 

24 

301 

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300 

24 

302 

27 

300 

24 

301 

25 

300 

24 

301 

25 

301 

25 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

27 

303 

300 

24 

300 

24 

24 

9 

307 

30 

303 

27 

305 

28 

30G 

29 

24 

9 

301 

25 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

300 

24 

301 

25 

301 

25 

300 

24 

303 

27 

301 

25 

300 

24 

307 

30 

304 

28 

301 

25 

16 

6 

17 

6 

300 

24 

306 

29 

301 

25 

304 

28 

17 

6 

302 

27 

303 

27 

301 

25 

300 

24 

300 

24 

23 

9 

301 

25 

301 

25 

300 

24 

302 

27 

301 

25 

22 

8 

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I]SrDEX 


Insurance — Continued. 

Uncles _ 

Uncollected  bonus  applied  as  premium  on  lapsed  insurance 

where  death  occurs  after  February  24,  1919 _ 

Interior  Department  facilities,  available  for  Veterans’  Bureau _ 

Intestacy,  distribution  in  case  of _ 

Investments,  of  allotment  of  compensation _ 

Lands,  United  States,  under  control  of  bureau,  sale  or  lease  of _ 

Lapsed  insurance,  term  while  entitled  to  compensation _ 

Laws,  pension,  not  applicable  to  claimants _ 

Lease,  surplus  property,  authorized _ 

Legal  advice  of  Attorney  General _ 

Legitimate _ : _ 

Liability,  legal _ 

Liaison  representatives,  recognition  of _ 

Limiting  the  number  of  wards  to  be  served  by  one  guardian _ 

Line  of  duty,  injury  contracted  in,  after  induction,  insurance  and 

compensation _ 

Local  draft  board,  induction  by,  affecting  compensation  and  insur¬ 
ance  _ 

Loss  of  sight  of  both  eyes : 

Compensation  for _ 

Treatment  where  not  service  connected _ 

Maintenance  and  support  allowance : 

Barred,  reasons  for _ 

Claim,  false  statement  regarding _ 

Fraudulent  acceptance  of _ 

Maximum  to  trainees  with  and  without  dependents _ 

Not  assignable,  not  subject  to  claims  of  creditors  except  from 

taxation _ 

Payable  trainee,  after  rehabilitation _ 

Payments  for _ 

Maintenance  pay,  termination  of _ 

Marriage : 

Must  be  within  10  years  from  date  of  injury _ 

Of  soldier’s  widow,  stops  compensation _ 

Proof  of _ 

Maturity,  of  insurance,  provisions  for  at  certain  ages _ 

Medical  examination _ 

Insurance  granted,  without _ 

Medical  surgical  hospital  service  furnished _ 

Mentally  incompetent : 

Guardian  for _ 

Waiver  of  insurance  premiums  for _ 

Mileage,  payment  of,  to  witness _ 

Military  and  naval  forces,  definition  of _ 

Military  and  naval  fund,  converted  insurance,  disability  benefits _ 

Minor : 

Inability  to  make  claim,  time  extension _ 1 _ 

Payments  to  guardian  or  legal  custodian  of _ .i _ 

Misconduct : 


{ 


Willful- 

Affecting  compensation _ 

Affecting  treatment _ 

Willful  and  persistent _ 

Missing  men,  compensation  during  period  of _ 

Moral  turpitude,  guilty  of  any  offense  involving - 

Mother : 

Amount  of  compensation,  death  of  son - 

Compensation,  temporary  total  disability - 

Definition  of _ 

Mutiny,  guilty  of _ 

National  Guard,  member  of _ 

National  Home  for  Disabled  Soldiers  facilities,  available  for  Vet¬ 
erans’  Bureau _ 


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309 

30 

10 

4 

303 

27 

202 

14 

29 

10 

305 

28 

212 

22 

29 

10 

9 

4 

3 

1 

313 

23 

500 

82 

21 

8 

24 

9 

24 

9 

202 

14 

202 

14 

23 

9 

501 

33 

502 

33 

503 

33 

401 

31 

22 

8 

404 

32 

401 

31 

404 

32 

201 

12 

201 

12 

20 

7 

301 

25 

203 

20 

300 

24 

202 

14 

21 

8 

306 

29 

8 

3 

3 

1 

302 

27 

209 

21 

21 

8 

200 

11 

202 

14 

202 

14 

207 

21 

23 

9 

201 

12 

202 

14 

3 

1 

23 

9 

24 

9 

10 

4 

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IW.  R.  I.  Act. 


INDEX 


Navy  Department  facilities,  available  for  Veterans’  Bureau. 

Navy  Nurse  Corps,  entitled  to  benefits _ 

Neglect  to  submit  to  examination _ 

Net  proceeds  of  sales  covered  into  miscellaneous  receipts _ 

Nephews,  beneficiaries _ 

Neuropsycliiatric,  disease  contracted  in  line  of  duty _ 


nected _ 

Nieces,  beneficiary _ 

Nurse  or  attendant  in  disability  cases _ 

Nurse  Corps,  death  or  disability,  compensation _ 

Nurses,  contract _ 

Oaths,  administration  of _ 

Ofteiises,  penalties,  forfeiture _ 

Official  record  of  injury,  basis  for  compensation _ 

One  hundred  and  twenty  days,  application  for  insurance. 

Optional  settlement,  converted  insurance _ 

Ordinary  life,  converted  into _ 

Paralysis  agitans : 

Presumption  of  service  connection,  rebuttable _ 

Treatment  for  when  not  service  connected _ 


Parent,  beneficiary. 


Paresis,  when  considered  of  service  origin _ 

Partial  and  temporary  disability,  compensation  in  case  of. 
Partial  and  permanent  disability,  compensation  in  case  of. 

Patients  effects  loss  by  fire,  v/hile  hospitalized _ 

Pay,  definition  of _ 

Payments ; 

Compensation  and  insurance,  recovery  of _ 

Monthly,  semimonthly  compensation _ 

Support  and  maintenance _ 

Pay,  termination  of  maintenance _ 

Pay  or  deposit,  premiums  from _ 

Penalties  _ 

Penalties  are  applicable  in  Philippine  Islands _ 

Penalties  for  breach  of  good  conduct _ 

Pensions _ _ _ 

Per  diem,  $2.65  when  reporting  for  physical  examination_ 

Period  of  the  war _ 

Perjury,  punishment _ 

Permanent  disability,  insurance  against _ 


Permanent  total,  right  to  prove  disability _ 

Permitted  class  of  insurance  benefits _ 

Permitted  class  of  insurance  beneficiaries,  none _ _ _ 

Personal  effects,  loss  by  fire  wdiile  beneficiary  is  hospitalized. 

Personal  representative  payments  to _ 

Personnel : 

Appointment  of _ 

Authority  of _ _ _ 

Professional,  courses  of  instruction  for _ 

Petty  officers,  included  in  the  term  “  enlisted  men  ” _ 

Philippine  insurrection,  treatment  of  veterans  of _ 

Philippine  Islands,  penalties  of  Title  V  are  applicable _ 

Physical  condition  of  applicant,  reinstatement  of  Insurance- 

Preexisting  disease  or  injury,  aggravation  of _ 

Premiums : 


Covered  into  Treasury  to  credit  of  insurance  fund. 


47 

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24 

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20 

29 

10 

300 

24 

200 

11 

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202 

14 

300 

24 

202 

14 

200 

11 

201 

12 

8 

3 

-  603 

35 

—  208 

21 

300 

24 

301 

25 

-  301 

25 

200 

11 

202 

14 

3 

1 

< 

201 

12 

300 

24 

200 

11 

202 

14 

202 

14 

31 

11 

3 

1 

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10 

■  1  28 

10 

._  202 

14 

._  401 

31 

404 

82 

301 

25 

500-504  32-33 

506 

34 

11 

5 

212 

22 

203 

20 

3 

1 

501 

83 

_  300 

24 

27 

10 

202 

14 

300 

24 

_  303 

27 

31 

11 

26 

10 

4 

o 

5 

2 

33 

n 

3 

1 

202 

14 

_  506 

34 

_  304 

28 

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11 

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14 

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28 

306 

29 

17 

6 

48 


INDEX 


Premiums — Continued. 

Covered  into  Treasury  unexpended _ 

Deducted  _ 

In  advance _ 

Insurance  granted  upon  payment  of _ _ _ 

Interest,  deductible  from  proceeds _ 

Rates  based  on  American  Experience  Table  of  Mortality _ 

Uncollected  bonus,  applied  as  premium  on  lapsed  insurance 

where  death  occurs  after  February  24,  1019 _ 

Waiver  of  in  case  of  disability _ 

Private  gifts  for  vocational  training _ 

Private  hospitals,  contracts  with _ 

Private  treatment,  reim])ursement  for  emergency- _ 

Professional  personnel,  courses  of  instruction  for _ 

Prosecution  of  actions  at  law _ 

Prosthetic  appliances _ 

Provisional  acceptance  for  service,  benefits  under _ 

Public  Health  Service  facilities  transferred _ 

Purchase  or  maHufacture,  artificial  limbs,  etc _ ^ _ 

Ratings,  schedule  of _ 

Rebuttable,  presumption  of  service  connection _ 

Records,  files,  documents,  disclosure  of _ 

Records,  disposition  of,  in  offices  abolished _ 

Recovery  from  disability,  transfer  of  funds _ 

Recovery  of  erroneous  payments _ 

Red  Cross,  representatives  of _ 

Refusal  to  submit  to  examination _ 

Regional  offices,  powers  and  duties  of _ 

Regional  offices  and  suboffices,  termination  of _ 

Regulations : 

Authority  of  director  to  make _ 

Conversion  of  insurance _ 

Furnishing  medical  services  to  discharged  service  men  of 

foreign  government _ 

Rehabilitation  : 

Employability  test  of _ 

Maintenance  and  support  allowance  payable  after  employ- 

ability  establislred _ 

Reimbursement  for  emergency  treatments _ 

Reimbursement  of  hospitalized  beneficiaries  for  loss  of  personal 

effects  by  fire _ 

Reinstatement  of  term  insurance  required  prior  to  July  2,  1927 _ 

Reinstatement,  physical  condition  of  applicant _ 

Repeal  of  prior  laws _ J - 

Report  of  private  gifts  and  donations _ 

Report  to  Congress _ 

Reserve  forces,  insurance  application  while  attending  training 

camp _ 

Reserve  value,  converted  insurance - 

Retirement  pay,  compensation  while  in  receipt  of _ 


{ 


{ 


{ 


Retroactive,  pajmient  of  claim 


Retroactive,  rates  of  compensation  not  to  be _ 

Review  reward,  bureau  ma3'’  at  any  time _ 

Revolving  fund  for  vocational  training - 

Right  of  election,  payment  of  proceeds - 

Rights  and  liabilities _ 

Rules  and  regulations _ 

Sale  of  surplus  property _ 

Schedule  of  ratings,  reductions  in  earning  capacity 

Semimonthly  payments _ 


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16 

6 

301 

25 

301 

25 

300 

24 

305 

28 

306 

29 

300 

24 

309 

30 

308 

29 

12 

5 

10 

4 

202 

14 

33 

11 

500 

32 

604 

35 

202 

14 

25 

10 

10 

4 

202 

14 

202 

14 

200 

11 

30 

11 

7 

3 

302 

27 

28 

10 

27 

10 

500 

32 

203 

20 

7 

3 

7 

3 

5 

2 

301 

25 

202 

14 

404 

32 

404 

32 

202 

14 

31 

11 

304 

28 

304 

28 

601 

34 

12 

5 

14 

6 

300 

24 

302 

27 

212 

22 

201 

12 

205 

20 

210 

21 

202 

14 

205 

20 

13 

5 

301 

25 

602 

34 

5 

2 

11 

5 

29 

10 

202 

14 

202 

14 

401 

31 

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INDEX 


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Service  connection,  dates  of  limited _ 

Service  connection,  presumption  of,  diseases  specified 

Sister,  beneficiary - 

Sister-in-law,  beneficiary _ 

Sound  condition,  held  to  have  been  in,  vrben  accepted 

Spanish-American  War  veterans,  treatment  of _ 

Spinal  meningitis _ 

Step  brother  and  sister,  brother  and  sister  include- 

Stepchild,  beneficiary - 

Stepmother,  beneficiary - 

Stepfather,  beneficiary _ 

Subofiices,  powers  and  duties  of _ 

Subpoenas,  power  to  issue _ 

Suits  against  the  United  States _ 


Suits  at  law. 


Commenced  prior  to  June  7,  1924 _ _ 

Supplies  of  abolished  offices,  disposition  of _ e _ 

Supplies  retained  by  trainees _ 

Supplies,  surplus,  sale  of _ 

Surplus  property  and  equipment,  to  be  disposed  of  by  director _ 

Suspended  compensation,  refusing  to  submit  to  examination _ 

Taxation,  compensation,  insurance,  maintenance  and  support  al¬ 
lowance,  exempt  from _ 

Telephone  service  for  medical  officers _ 

Temporary  total  disability : 

Amount  of  compensation _ 

Premium,  w'aiver  of _ _ 

Termination  of  maintenance  pay _ 

Termination  of  war,  date _ _ 


Termination  of  compensation 

Testimony  of  witnesses _ 

Time : 


For  filing  claim,  extension  of _ _ 

Of  disability _ 

Total  and  permanent  disability: 

Compensation  in  case  of _ 

Insurance  against _ 

Trainee : 

Deiiendents _ 

Eligibility  of _ 

Maintenance  and  support  allov/ance. _ 

Retention  of  supplies _ 

Training : 

Allowance,  termination  of _ 

Application  for _ 

Burial  expenses  of  beneficiary  in _ 

Camp,  insurance  application  while  reserve  forces  were  at¬ 
tending _ 

Commencement  of _ 

Courses  available _ 

Discontinuance  of  all  courses  of _ 

Gifts  received  for _ 

Injury,  while  receiving _ 

Transfer  of  hospitals  to  the  Veterans’  Bureau _ 

Transportation  to  disabled  soldiers  of  foreign  governments _ 

Traveling  expenses  and  hospitalization  furnished  any  veterans 

discharged  since  1897 _ 

Traveling  expenses,  persons  submitting  to  medical  examination _ 

Treason,  guilty  of,  termination  of  rights _ 

Treatment : 

Application  for _ 

Emergency,  reimbursement  for _ 

Examination  required  of  applicants  for _ 

Refusal  or  neglect  to  submit _ 


Sec. 

Page 

200 

11 

200 

11 

300 

24 

300 

24 

200 

11 

202 

14 

200 

11 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

7 

3 

8 

3 

19 

7 

500 

32 

604 

35 

602 

34 

7 

3 

407 

32 

202 

14 

29 

10 

203 

20 

22 

8 

32 

11 

202 

14 

306 

29 

404 

32 

3 

1 

.1- 

205 

20 

201 

12 

8 

O 

O 

209 

21 

206 

21 

202 

14 

302 

27 

401 

31 

4G3 

32 

401 

31 

407 

32 

406 

32 

405 

32 

201 

12 

300 

24 

403 

32 

402 

31 

406 

32 

12 

5 

213 

22 

10 

4 

202 

14 

202 

14 

203 

20 

23 

9 

209 

21 

202 

14 

203 

20 

203 

20 

50 


INDEX 


Tuberculosis :  .  Sec.  Page 

Arrested,  compensation  of  $50  monthly _  202  14 

Arrested,  discharged  from  hospital,  rating  of _  202  14 

Compensation  for _ 202  14 

Contracted  in  line  of  duty _  200  11 

Hospitalization  and  training  expenses  provided _  202  14 

Not  arrested,  discharged  from  hospital,  rating  of _  202  14 

Treatment  for,  not  service  connected _  202  14 

Two  years  additional  to  convert,  total  and  pennanent  rating 

changed -  301  25 

Uncles,  beneficiary _  300  24 

United  States  Government  life  insurance  fund,  use  of _  302  27 

.  United  States  Veterans’  Bureau,  establishment  of _  4  2 

Validity  of  act _  605  35 

Veterans  of  foreign  wars,  representations  of _  500  32 

Vocational  training: 

Authorized -  400  30 

Commencement  of _ 403  32 

Private  gifts  for -  12  5 

'  400  30 

Termination  of _  402  31 

406  32 

Prohibited  prior  to  completion  of  course  actually  com¬ 
menced _ _  ’  400  30 

WaiA’er  of  premiums,  insurance,  term  and  converted _  306  29 

War  Department’s  hospitals  available  for  Veterans’  Bureau _  10  4 

Wheeled  chairs,  supplied  by  bureau _  202  14 

Widow : 

Amount,  compensation  death  of  soldier _  201  12 

One  who  marries  deceased  not  later  than  10  years  after  injury.  201  12 

Widower,  same  rights  as  widow -  201  12 

Wife _  401  31 

Compensation,  apportionment _  203  20 

Compensation  case  of  temporary  total  disability _  202  14 

Includes  husband _ ® - -  202  14 

Willful  misconduct _  24  9 

Death  or  disability,  no  compensation -  200  11 

Witness : 

Authority  to  subpoena -  8  3 

Compel  attendance  of -  8  3 

Women,  beneficiaries _  200  11 

Women,  service  in  base  hospitals  overseas -  200  11 

World  War,  term  defined - 3  1 


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